Definition for EP-I-PHYL-LO-SPERM'OUS

EP-I-PHYL-LO-SPERM'OUS, a. [Gr. επι, φυλλον, a leaf, and σπερμα, seed.]

In botany, bearing their seeds on the back of the leaves, as ferns. Harris.

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