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Webster 1913 Edition


Oppositifolious

Op-posˊi-ti-fo′li-ous

,
Adj.
[See
Opposite
,
Folious
.]
(Bot.)
Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem;
as, an
oppositifolious
peduncle
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oppositifolious

OPPOSITIFO'LIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. oppositus and folium, a leaf.]
In botany, opposite to the leaf; as an oppositifolious peduncle.

Definition 2024


oppositifolious

oppositifolious

English

Adjective

oppositifolious (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem.
    an oppositifolious peduncle