| 释义 |
† surfoil Obs.
In 7 -foyl.
[f. sur- (= super- 3) + foil n.1]
Used by Grew for a structure serving to cover and protect the leaves, as a bud-scale or a cotyledon.
1671Grew Anat. Plants i. i. §46 The Plume, in Corn, is trussed up within a membranous Sheath: and that of a Bean, cooped up betwixt a pair of Surfoyls. Ibid. i. iv. §17 Every Bud, besides its proper Leaves, is covered with divers Leafy Pannicles or Surfoyls. |