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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Leaves all alternate and mostly petioled, sometimes trifoliolate or crenate.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
In summer the range is wider, and besides many trifoliolate leaves the curiously shaped seven-bladed ones are not at all rare.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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
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
Changed "trifoliate" to "trifoliolate" in the index entry for "Foliolate."
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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