落らく葉よう状じょう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

foliaceous; leaf-like

Technical term used in botany and biology to describe structures that resemble or are shaped like leaves. Rare in everyday language.

• この植しょく物ぶつの苞ほうは落らく葉よう状じょうで、花はなびらのように見みえる。

  The bracts of this plant are foliaceous and look like petals.