Cladophyll \Clad"o*phyll\, n. [Gr. ? a sprout + ? a leaf.] (Bot.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom ({Ruscus}) and of the common cultivated smilax ({Myrsiphillum}).
cladophyll n : a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf [syn: {cladode}, {phylloclad}, {phylloclade}]