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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr.

ἐπί

φύλλον

leaf +

σπέρμα

seed.]

(Bot.)

Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns.

Harris (1710).

Adj.

[Gr. a leaf, and seed.] In botany, bearing their seeds on the back of the leaves, as ferns.