trifoliate
Americanadjective
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Origin of trifoliate
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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
It is common on stone walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate, rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg
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
The trifoliate leaves are numerous, especially on the upper portions.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw
The simple leaved Rubus of Churra, petalis minutis carneis, has ceased; a trifoliate one foliis cordato-rotundatis, existing instead.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
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