'Connate-perfoliate' definitions:

Definition of 'Connate-perfoliate'

From: GCIDE
  • Connate-perfoliate \Con"nate-per*fo"li*ate\, a. (Bot.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset. [1913 Webster]