Obs. In 7 -foyl. [f. SUR- (= SUPER- 3) + FOIL sb.1] Used by Grew for a structure serving to cover and protect the leaves, as a bud-scale or a cotyledon.
1671. Grew, Anat. Plants, I. i. § 46. The Plume, in Corn, is trussed up within a membranous Sheath: and that of a Bean, cooped up betwixt a pair of Surfoyls. Ibid., I. iv. § 17. Every Bud, besides its proper Leaves, is covered with divers Leafy Pannicles or Surfoyls.
