adj.
Of or relating to a sessile leaf or bract that completely clasps the stem and is apparently pierced by it.
[New Latin perfoliātus : Latin per-, per- + Latin foliātus, bearing leaves (from folium, leaf; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots).]
per·fo'li·a'tion n.
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