Perfoliate

• Title

  Perfoliate

• Definition

  Referring to a stem that penetrates two leaf bases that are completely fused together. When two leaf bases wrap around the stem the leaf is said to be amplexicaulous or clasping.

• Related Terms

  Leaf

  Petiole

  Leaf blade

  Amplexicaul (amplexicaulous)

  Clasping

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