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Definition of: perfoliate
(pər·fō′lē·it, -āt) adjective Bot.
Growing so that the stem passes, or seems to pass, through it: said of a leaf. The condition is brought about by the union of the basal lobes of a clasping leaf. [<NL perfoliatus <L per- through + folium a leaf]
—per·fo′li·a′tion noun
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