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leaf sheath

noun

  1. botany the basal part of a grass leaf that encircles the stem

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The leaf-sheath embracing the peduncle is longer than the lower sheaths.

The leaf-sheath is glabrous, finely striate, shorter than the internode.

The leaf-sheath is thin, herbaceous, rather loose, keeled and glabrous.

The leaf-sheath is smooth, inflated, compressed, with ciliate margins.

The leaf-sheath is broad, flat, much compressed, glabrous and keeled.

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