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trifoliolate
[ trahy-foh-lee-uh-leyt ]
adjective
- having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- having leaves with three leaflets, as a plant.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of trifoliolate1
Example Sentences
Changed "trifoliate" to "trifoliolate" in the index entry for "Foliolate."
It had produced seven ascidia in all, each formed by the conversion of one leaflet on the trifoliolate leaves.
A bushy shrub of vigorous habit, with trifoliolate and petiolate leaves of a pale green colour, thick and tough, and brightly polished on the upper surface.
They are most marked among leguminous plants, as shown by the trifoliolate leaves of the thorn-broom and allies, which in the adult state have green twigs destitute of leaves.
In summer the range is wider, and besides many trifoliolate leaves the curiously shaped seven-bladed ones are not at all rare.
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