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 Project Gutenberg
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.
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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.
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It had produced seven ascidia in all, each formed by the conversion of one leaflet on the trifoliolate leaves.
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In summer the range is wider, and besides many trifoliolate leaves the curiously shaped seven-bladed ones are not at all rare.
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