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Webster 1913 Edition

Perula

‖

Per′u-la

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Perulæ

(#)

.

[L., dim. of

pera

wallet, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

pérule

.]

1.

(Bot.)

One of the scales of a leaf bud.

2.

(Bot.)

A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.