trifoliolate

American  

[trahy-foh-lee-uh-leyt] / traɪˈfoʊ li əˌleɪt /

adjective

Botany.

1. having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.

2. having leaves with three leaflets, as a plant.

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Etymology

Origin of trifoliolate

First recorded in 1820–30; tri- + foliolate

Example Sentences

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 Vries, Hugo de

The leathery leaves are trifoliolate with heart-shaped leaflets.

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

It had produced seven ascidia in all, each formed by the conversion of one leaflet on the trifoliolate leaves.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

This is distinguished by its larger white flowers and trifoliolate leaves.

From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan