unifoliolate

[ yoo-nuh-foh-lee-uh-leyt ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. compound in structure yet having only one leaflet, as the orange.
2. bearing such leaves.

unifoliolate

/ ˌjuːnɪˈfəʊlɪəˌleɪt /

adjective

1. (of a compound leaf) having only one leaflet

Word History and Origins

Origin of unifoliolate¹

First recorded in 1865–70; uni- + foliolate

Example Sentences

When the botanist, in describing leaves, wishes to express the number of the leaflets, he may use terms like these:— Unifoliolate, for a compound leaf of a single leaflet; from the Latin unum, one, and foliolum, leaflet.

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Unifoliolate, of one leaflet, 59.

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