perfoliate

/per-foh-lee-it, -eyt/US // pərˈfoʊ li ɪt, -ˌeɪt //UK // (pəˈfəʊlɪɪt, -ˌeɪt) //

剥落,剥皮,褶皱,蜕皮

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
Botany.
- : having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.

A summer branch of Uvularia perfoliata; lower leaves perfoliate, upper cordate-clasping, uppermost simply sessile.
Connate-perfoliate, when a pair of leaves are connate round a stem, 60.
The former is usually confined to the small intestine, but the perfoliate worm often occupies the ccum and colon in great numbers.