extrafoliaceous
English
editEtymology
editextra- + foliaceous
Adjective
editextrafoliaceous (not comparable)
- (botany) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them.
- extrafoliaceous prickles
- 1828, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants:
- Flowers umbelled. Leaves ovate toothed angular ciliated, Umbels extrafoliaceous stalked
References
edit“extrafoliaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.