dasyphyllous

From New Latin dasyphyllus (from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy; dense”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”)) +‎ -ous.[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dæsɪˈfɪləs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdæsɪˈfɪləs/, /-sə-/
• Hyphenation: da‧sy‧phyll‧ous

dasyphyllous (not comparable)

1. (botany, rare) Having downy leaves.

   Synonyms: codiophyllous, eriophyllous

   • [1899, R. L. Heinig, “dasyphyllous”, in Glossary of the Botanic Terms Used in Describing Flowering Plants, Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, OCLC 708655262, page 26:

     dasyphyllous (Gr. dasus, hairy, rough; phullon, a leaf), woolly-leaved; syn. codio-, erio-phyllous.]

   • 2013 March, V. V. Furyaev; V. I. Zabolotskiy; S. D. Samsonenko; V. A. Chernykh, “Space-time Impact of Fire Events on Swamp-forest Ecosystems of the West Siberian Plain”, in Contemporary Problems of Ecology, volume 6, number 2, DOI:10.1134/S1995425513020042, ISSN 1995-4255, pages 156–161:

     Therefore, the forest stands formed by the tree species that endure excessive moisture (the alder, dasyphyllous birch, and poplar) are dominant in the composition of forests.

   • 2018 August, Jun Zhou; Zhangwei Wang; Xiaoshan Zhang, “Deposition and Fate of Mercury in Litterfall, Litter, and Soil in Coniferous and Broad‐Leaved Forests”, in Biogeosciences, volume 123, number 8, DOI:10.1029/2018JG004415, pages 2590–2603:

     However, compared to Masson pine needles, the waxy of camphor leaves showed thinner and more dasyphyllous.

• dasymeter
• dasymetric
• dasypygal

• dasyphyllous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “dasyphyllous” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
• dasyphyllous at OneLook Dictionary Search