phagocytosis (fag"ositosis)

[NL., Phaïnopepla (fa"i-no-pep'lä), n. [NL. (Sclater, 1858), Phajus (fa'jus), n. [NL. (Loureiro, 1790), umn. The 15 species are mainly from tropical Asia, also Africa, Australia, and Japan. They are tall terrestrial herbs, or le often epiphytes, with large and broad or elongated plicate leaves, narrowed or stalked at the base. The large and showy flowers form a yellow, brownish, green, violet, or white erect raceme. Many have been long cultivated, as P. tetragonum from Mauritius, often under the name Pesomeria, from its throwing off its sepals soon after expanding, and P. grandifolius ( Bletia Tanker villi a ), from China, the nun-flower, of common cultivation under gla , so styled from the two white wings at the enlarged summit of the column. phakitis (fa-kītis), n. Same as phacitis. phakoscope, n. See phacoscope.