interfoliaceous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

inter- +‎ foliaceous

Adjective[edit]

interfoliaceous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.
    interfoliaceous buds
    interfoliaceous flowers
    interfoliaceous peduncles

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for interfoliaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)