a. Bot. [f. mod.L. aphyllus, a. Gr. ἄφυλλ-ος leafless (f. ἀ not + φύλλον leaf) + -OUS.] Destitute of leaves, naturally leafless.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 29. Cassytha is aphyllous and parasitical.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 132/2. Those plants that are aphyllous.
