perfoliate
IPA: pˈɝfˈoʊɫieɪt
adjective
- (botany, of leaves) Appearing to have the stem passing through the blade.
- (botany, of leaves) Having the leaf round the stem at the base.
- (zoology) Surrounded by a circle of hairs, etc.
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Examples of "perfoliate" in Sentences
- Its gills and perfoliate rhinophores are orange tipped.
- It has large perfoliate rhinophores which are usually pinkish.
- The rhinophores are perfoliate, but are oblong rather than round.
- The perfoliate rhinophores are cream coloured as is the gill rosette.
- Its gills are arranged around the anus and its rhinophores are perfoliate.
- The rhinophores are perfoliate and the gill rosette is large and blue edged.
- It has eight gills arranged around the anus and its rhinophores are perfoliate.
- In the water, too, I see the brown leaves of the perfoliate pondweed; they are almost transparent, and look when dry something like gold-beater's skin.
- The occurrence of species such as perfoliate Potamogeton perfoliatus, horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris and water milfoils Myriophyllum spp. is due to the area’s relatively sheltered situation.
- = -- This takes place in several ways, and in very various degrees; the simplest case is that characterised by the cohesion of the margins of the same organ, as in the condition called perfoliate in descriptive works, and which is due either to a cohesion of the margins of the basal lobes of the leaf, or to the development of the leaf in a sheathing or tubular manner.
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