perdifoil
English edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Latin perdere (“to lose”) + folium (“leaf”).
Noun edit
perdifoil (plural perdifoils)
- (botany, obsolete) Any deciduous plant.
- Antonym: evergreen
- 1803, Benjamin Smith Barton, Elements of Botany:
- [M]any of the perdifoils of cold climates, when transplanted to warmer climates, become evergreens.
Further reading edit
- “perdifoil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.