Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cataphyll

1 sense of cataphyll

Sense 1
cataphyll -- (a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development)
       => leaf, leafage, foliage -- (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)