Perfoliate Definition

pər-fōlē-ĭt
adjective
Having a base surrounding the stem which bears it so that the stem seems to pass through it.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to a sessile leaf or bract that completely clasps the stem and is apparently pierced by it.
American Heritage

Origin of Perfoliate

  • New Latin perfoliātus Latin per- per- Latin foliātus bearing leaves (from folium leaf bhel-3 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From New Latin perfoliata, from Latin per (“through") + Latin foliata (“foliate").

    From Wiktionary

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