单词 | perfoliate |
释义 | perfoliate[ per-foh-lee-it, -eyt ] / pərˈfoʊ li ɪt, -ˌeɪt / adjective Botany.having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem. Origin of perfoliate1540–50; <New Latin perfoliātus (see per-, foliate), the feminine of which, perfoliāta, was formerly used as the name of a plant with a stalk that seemed to grow through (pierce) its leafage OTHER WORDS FROM perfoliateper·fo·li·a·tion, nounWords nearby perfoliateperfervid, perfidious, perfidy, perfin, perfing, perfoliate, perfoliate bellwort, perforate, perforated, perforated layer of sclera, perforated substance Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for perfoliate
British Dictionary definitions for perfoliateperfoliate / (pəˈfəʊlɪɪt, -ˌeɪt) / adjective(of a leaf) having a base that completely encloses the stem, so that the stem appears to pass through it Derived forms of perfoliateperfoliation, nounWord Origin for perfoliateC17: from New Latin perfoliātus, from Latin per- through + folium leaf Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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