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trifoliolate

[ trahy-foh-lee-uh-leyt ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
  2. having leaves with three leaflets, as a plant.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trifoliolate1

First recorded in 1820–30; tri- + foliolate
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Changed "trifoliate" to "trifoliolate" in the index entry for "Foliolate."

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It had produced seven ascidia in all, each formed by the conversion of one leaflet on the trifoliolate leaves.

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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.

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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.

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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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