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  1. 1. n. The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens Source: wordnet
  3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 4. The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regardstheir folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n. (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens Source: ecdict

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