perfoliate
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perfoliate leaf (Elizabeth Morales) |
adj.
Of or relating to a sessile leaf or bract that completely clasps the stem and is apparently pierced by it.
[New Latin perfoliātus : Latin per-, per- + Latin foliātus, bearing leaves (from folium, leaf).]
perfoliation per·fo'li·a'tion n.Taylor's Dictionary for Gardeners:
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perfoliate
A term used to describe a leaf or pair of leaves that encircle a stem, as, for example, the juvenile foliage of silver-dollar eucalyptus, Eucalyptus cinerea.
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Perfoliate
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stængelomfattende
Nederlands (Dutch)
met de steel schijnbaar door het blad groeiend
Français (French)
adj. - perfolié
Deutsch (German)
adj. - durchblättert, durchwachsen
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (για φύλλο φυτού) περικλειόμενος μίσχος άνθους από το φύλλο
Italiano (Italian)
perfogliato
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - perfolhado (Bot.)
Русский (Russian)
прензоннолистый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - perfoliada
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stjälk som tycks ha växt rätt igenom bladet (bot.)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
茎贯穿叶而生长的, 贯穿性的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 莖貫穿葉而生長的, 貫穿性的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 줄기가 잎을 꿰뚫고 자란, 관생의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 貫生の, 葉状の
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مسوقه : متميزة بمرور الساق من خلالها
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שגבעולו נראה כעובר דרך העלה (צמח)
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Taylor's Dictionary for Gardeners, by Frances Tenenbaum. Copyright © 1997 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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