trifoliate
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of trifoliate
Example Sentences
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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
Changed "trifoliate" to "trifoliolate" in the index entry for "Foliolate."
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
The humps are stunted growths of juniper, sloe, bramble, hawthorn, or a trifoliate plant, with grass growing in the shadow.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
In this species, however, as in the others, the first-formed leaf, which is simple or not trifoliate, rises up and sleeps like the terminal leaflet on a mature plant.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
It is a papilionaceous plant with trifoliate leaves, of which the terminal leaflet is large, and the two lateral, very small.
From Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir
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