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Etymology

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extra- +‎ foliaceous

Adjective

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extrafoliaceous (not comparable)

  1. (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

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extrafoliaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.