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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Same as perule.

Wiktionary

  1. n. botany One of the scales of a leaf bud.
  2. n. botany A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchids.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Bot.) One of the scales of a leaf bud.
  2. n. (Bot.) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.

Etymologies

  1. Latin, diminutive of pera wallet, from Ancient Greek: compare French pérule. (Wiktionary)

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  • “Okay: " (Latin) A probable variant of perula, in reference to the most valued form of this product of disease.”

    The Time Traveler's Wife

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