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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•fo•li•ate (pər fō′lē it, -āt′),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]- 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
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