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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
perfoliate
 
SYLLABICATION:per·fo·li·ate
PRONUNCIATION:  pr-fl-t
ADJECTIVE: Of or relating to a sessile leaf or bract that completely clasps the stem and is apparently pierced by it.
ETYMOLOGY:New Latin perfolitus : Latin per-, per- + Latin folitus, bearing leaves (from folium, leaf; see bhel-3 in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:per·foli·ation —NOUN
 
 
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