Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, of or pertaining to, or consisting of, leaflets: used in composition: as, bifoliolate, having two leaflets; trifoliolate, having three leaflets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to leaflets; -- used in composition.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
leaflets of aplant .
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- adjective (often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets
Etymologies
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Latin
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Examples
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Hence it becomes possible to discern the most promising individuals in early youth, and this conclusion leads to a very easy and reliable method of selection, which may be expressed simply as follows: the seedlings which commence earliest with the production of four - and five-foliolate leaves are the best and should be selected for the continuance of the race.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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