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perfoliate
[ per-foh-lee-it, -eyt ]
adjective
, Botany.
- having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
perfoliate
/ -ˌeɪt; pəˈfəʊlɪɪt /
adjective
- (of a leaf) having a base that completely encloses the stem, so that the stem appears to pass through it
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Derived Forms
- perˌfoliˈation, noun
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Other Words From
- per·foli·ation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of perfoliate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of perfoliate1
C17: from New Latin perfoliātus, from Latin per- through + folium leaf
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Example Sentences
A summer branch of Uvularia perfoliata; lower leaves perfoliate, upper cordate-clasping, uppermost simply sessile.
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Connate-perfoliate, when a pair of leaves are connate round a stem, 60.
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The former is usually confined to the small intestine, but the perfoliate worm often occupies the ccum and colon in great numbers.
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