In the great majority of acacias, the true leaves are suppressed, the leaf stalks, however, remaining in a flat leaf-like form (phyllodia) , or the leaf may be entirely suppressed, the leaf-functions being carried on by the stems of the plants.
(the true leaves; are suppressed; L:In the great majority of acacias) (the leaf stalks, however; remaining; in a flat leaf-like form) (the leaf; may be suppressed; ) (the leaf-functions; being carried on; by the stems of the plants)
the true leaves the leaf stalks, however the leaf the leaf-functions
are suppressed remaining may be suppressed being carried on
L:In the great majority of acacias
in a flat leaf-like form
by the stems of the plants