Perula

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One of the scales of a leaf bud.

II. Perula ·noun A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.

Related Words

perula
pērŭla, ae, f. dim. [pera], a little wallet, a pocket. I Lit.: Diogenes fregit exemptum e perulā ca...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.