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单词 perfoliate
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
per•fo•li•ate  (pər fōlē it, -āt′),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]
  1. Botanyhaving the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
  • Neo-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
  • 1540–50
per•fo′li•ation, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
perfoliate /pəˈfəʊlɪɪt -ˌeɪt/ adj
  1. (of a leaf) having a base that completely encloses the stem, so that the stem appears to pass through it
Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin perfoliātus, from Latin per- through + folium leaf

perˌfoliˈation n
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