1844 36 274 On the larch, the leaf-bases are connected with each other by means of threads of cuticle.
1965 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. (new ed.) 158 In many leaves..the leaf base is not specially developed.
2001 88 1208/1 The shoots of the Zingiberales..are supported by sheathing leaf bases that provide much of the stem's rigidity.