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Specialised vs Prophyll - What's the difference?

specialised | prophyll |

As an adjective specialised

is standard spelling of from=Non-Oxford British spelling|lang=en|specialized.

As a verb specialised

is past tense of specialise.

As a noun prophyll is

the frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.

specialised

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (specialise)

    • prophyll

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.

    • Usage notes

    Between the coining of the word and the second half of the 20th century, a great amount of confusion existed in the definitions of the word and its equivalents in French and German. Many authors believed the prophyll to be a specific structure, and specialists of the Aroidea often give it such a sense.