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8 words match “PHYLE”

PHYLE n.
A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a tribe.
MONOPHYLETIC a.
le family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.
POLYPHYLETIC a.
han one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to Ant: monophyletic.
BLADDER n.
ers of philosophy." Rochester. Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants (Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods. -- Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with inflated seed pods. -- Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with membranaceous, inflated pods. -- Bladder worm (Zoöl…
CASSAVA WOOD n.
A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceæ.
PHRATRY n.
A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.
PHYLARCH n.
The chief of a phyle, or tribe.
POLYGENETIC a.
; originating at various places or times. 2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic. Polygenetic mountain range (Geol.), one which is composite, or consists of two or more monogenetic ranges, each having had its own history of development. Dana.