phyllotaxis

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement.
2. noun An abortive style.

Similar words

phyllotactic arrangement phyllotaxy phyllomorphosis phyllome phyllody phyllon foliation phyllomorph phyllophyte anthotaxy

Often followed by

of is and in as was by to with

Word family

phyllotaxes phyllotaxies phyllotaxy