As′ter‐oph″yl‐lite (ăs′tẽr‐ŏf″ĭl‐līt), n. [Gr. αστἤρ star + φύλλον leaf.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.