Megaphyll - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Megaphyll can refer to:

A leaf that is not necessarily physically large, with a particular type of vascular structure
Microphyll
The terminology of fossil plants is in places a little confusing. In the discipline's 200+ year history, certain concepts have become entrenched, even though improved understanding has threatened the foundations upon which they are based...
In ecology
Ecology
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- a leaf that has a blade with surface area >164025 mm². (Compare macrophyll, mesophyll
Mesophyll
Mesophyll can refer to:* Mesophyll tissue, in plant anatomy, photosynthetic parenchyma cells that lie between the upper and lower epidermis layers of a leaf...

, microphyll
Microphyll (disambiguation)
Microphyll can refer to:* A leaf that is not necessarily physically small, with a particular type of vascular structure* In ecology - a leaf that has a blade with surface area 225-2025 mm2....

, nanophyll, notophyll)
In ecology - a plant, or vegetation, that has megaphyll leaves

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