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What does malacophyllous mean?
Having soft or fleshy leaves
Where does malacophyllous come from?
From the Latin malacus (soft or pliable) + Latinized Greek phyllo- (pertaining to leaves). By surface analysis, malaco- + -phyllous.

How to pronounce malacophyllous

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