perforate

Etymology

From Latin perforō (“I bore or pierce through; I perforate”), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“I bore, I pierce”).

verb

  1. (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate.
  2. (transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.
    to perforate a sheet of postage stamps

adj

  1. (philately, biology) perforated
    A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue. 1999, Nguyen Van Dzu, Peter C. Boyce, Kew Bulletin, 54(2):379-393

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