Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, the withered leaves which remain persistent on the stems of some plants.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Bot.) Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun botany persistent portions of a calyx or corolla
  • noun botany leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time

Etymologies

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Latin, clothes, from induere to put on. See indue.

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