perfoliation
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perfoliation — per·foliation … English syllables
perfoliation — noun see perfoliate … Useful english dictionary
perfoliate — perfoliation, n. /peuhr foh lee it, ayt /, adj. Bot. having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem. [1540 50; < NL perfoliatus (see PER , FOLIATE), the fem. of which,… … Universalium
perfoliate — /pəˈfoʊliət/ (say puh fohleeuht), / eɪt/ (say ayt) adjective having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem: a perfoliate leaf. {New Latin perfoliātus, from Latin per… …
perfoliate — [pər fō′lē it, pər fō′lēāt΄] adj. [ModL perfoliatus < L per (see PER ) < L folium, a leaf: see FOLIATE] having a base surrounding the stem which bears it so that the stem seems to pass through it: said of a leaf perfoliation n … English World dictionary
