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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERULA

Per "u *la, n.; pl. Perulæ. Etym: [L., dim. of pera wallet, Gr. pérule.]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: One of the scales of a leaf bud.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.