trifoliolate
Americanadjective
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having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
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having leaves with three leaflets, as a plant.
Etymology
Origin of trifoliolate
Example Sentences
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An interesting species about 6 inches high, with trifoliolate leaves, and deep-red flowers.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster
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.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster
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.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
Leaves trifoliolate, clothed beneath with closely adpressed hairs, and bright yellow, somewhat tubular flowers, usually produced in fours.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster
A handsome, half-hardy shrub, of often fully 10 feet high, with trifoliolate, evergreen leaves, and terminal racemes of large yellow flowers.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster
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