PERFOLIATE Definition & Meaning

perfoliate

[ per-foh-lee-it, -eyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

/ pəˈfəʊlɪɪt; -ˌeɪt /

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

��ˌ�ڴǱ��ˈ��پ��ǲ�, noun

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��·�ڴ�l��·��t��ǲ� noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of perfoliate¹

1540–50; < New Latin ��ڴǱ��ٳܲ� ( per-, foliate ), the feminine of which, ��ڴǱ��ٲ�, was formerly used as the name of a plant with a stalk that seemed to grow through (pierce) its leafage

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of perfoliate¹

C17: from New Latin ��ڴǱ��ٳܲ�, from Latin per- through + folium leaf

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Its leaves are perfoliate, i.e. opposite and united by their bases so that the stem seems to have grown through a single leaf.

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