unifoliolate

American

[yoo-nuh-foh-lee-uh-leyt] / ˌyu nəˈfoʊ li əˌleɪt /

adjective

Botany.

compound in structure yet having only one leaflet, as the orange.
bearing such leaves.

unifoliolate British

/ ˌjuːnɪˈfəʊlɪəˌleɪt /

adjective

(of a compound leaf) having only one leaflet

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Etymology

Origin of unifoliolate

First recorded in 1865–70; uni- + foliolate

Example Sentences

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When the botanist, in describing leaves, wishes to express the number of the leaflets, he may use terms like these:— Unifoliolate, for a compound leaf of a single leaflet; from the Latin unum, one, and foliolum, leaflet.

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Unifoliolate, of one leaflet, 59.

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