trifoliate

American  

[trahy-foh-lee-it, -ayt] / traɪˈfoʊ li ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

Sometimes trifoliated

adjective

1. having three leaflets, lobes, or foils; trefoil.

2. Botany. trifoliolate.

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trifoliate British  

/ traɪˈfəʊlɪɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. having three leaves, leaflike parts, or (of a compound leaf) leaflets

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Etymology

Origin of trifoliate

First recorded in 1690–1700; tri- + foliate

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Example Sentences

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trifoliate

The researchers posit that true Citrus species, such as mandarins and trifoliate oranges, first evolved in south-central China around eight million years ago.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 11, 2023

Incidentally we may examine here a trifoliate orange filled with fruit.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Botanical Description.—A shrub 15–20° high with compound trifoliate leaves with long petioles; leaflets lanceolate, acuminate, smooth, dark green.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

The leaves are five-foliate, sometimes trifoliate; leaflets broadly lanceolate, accuminate and finely serrate; thorns minute, recurrent and few, only on the smaller branches.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by F. H. (Franklin Hiram) King

The American Garden-bean is a tender, annual plant from the East Indies, with a dwarfish or climbing stem and trifoliate leaves.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr

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