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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Changed "trifoliate" to "trifoliolate" in the index entry for "Foliolate."
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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 Webster, Angus Duncan
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 Webster, Angus Duncan
This species is of half-scandent habit, with large, trifoliolate leaves, which turn of various tints of red and crimson in the autumn.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan
An interesting species about 6 inches high, with trifoliolate leaves, and deep-red flowers.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan
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