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PERFOLIATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perfoliate mean?
• PERFOLIATE (adjective)
The adjective PERFOLIATE has 1 sense:
1. (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem
Familiarity information: PERFOLIATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem
Similar:
simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)
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