·adj 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.
·adj Congenital; existing from birth. II. Connate ·adj Born with another; being of the same birth. ...
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·adj Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind. II. Perfoliate ·adj Having the ba...