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1. n. The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.
2. n. (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens
3. The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation. VERNER'S LAW Ver"ner's law. (Philol.) A statement, propounded by the Danish philologist Karl Verner in 1875, which explains certain apparent exceptions to Grimm's law by the original position of the accent. Primitive Indo-European k, t, p, became first in Teutonic h, th, f, and appear without further change in old Teutonic, if the accent rested on the preceding syllable; but these sounds became voiced and produced g, d, b, if the accent was originally on a different syllable. Similarly s either remained unchanged, or it became z and later r. Example: Skt. sapta (accent on ultima), Gr. 'e`pta, Gothic sibun (seven). Examples in English are dead by the side of death, to rise and to rear.
4. The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regardstheir folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.
5. n. (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens