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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trifoliolate¹

First recorded in 1820–30; tri- + foliolate

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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