perfoliate

Definitions of perfoliate
  1. adjective
    (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem
    synonyms:
    simple, unsubdivided
    (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
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