English Etymology From Greek φυλλον ‘leaf’ + ταξις ‘arrangement’ (from τασσειν ‘arrange’).
Pronunciation IPA: /fɪlə'tæksɪs/
Noun phyllotaxis #botany: the arrangement of leaf|leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement #:*1985: Yet his Lordship would find this rate of proportion (…) likewise in all plants, in the disposition of their leaves, for which ordering he would make a name, that is, from the Greek, phyllotaxis. — John Fowles, A Maggot
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