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multifoliate

[ muhl-tuh-foh-lee-it, -eyt ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. having many leaves or leaflets.


multifoliate

/ -ˌeɪt; ˌmʌltɪˈfəʊlɪɪt /

adjective

  1. botany having many leaves or leaflets

    a multifoliate compound leaf

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of multifoliate1

First recorded in 1855–60; multi- + foliate
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As they set off up the left bank, the wind began to blow in fitful, warm gusts, with a multifoliate rustling through the sedges.

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Any wind—even the lightest—draws from the height of the elms a rushing sound, multifoliate and powerful.

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