Definition of Trifoliolate

1. Adjective. (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets.

Exact synonyms: Trifoliate, Trifoliated
Similar to: Compound

Definition of Trifoliolate

1. a. Having three leaflets.

Definition of Trifoliolate

1. Adjective. (botany) Having three leaflets. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trifoliolate

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Trifoliolate

1. Describes a leaf which has three leaflets. (19 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trifoliolate

triflupromazine
triflupromazine hydrochloride
trifluralin
trifluralins
trifluridine
triflyl azide
trifocal
trifocal lens
trifocals
trifold
trifoliata
trifoliate
trifoliate orange
trifoliated
trifolies
trifoliolate (current term)
trifoliolate leaf
trifoliosis
trifolirhizin
trifolium
trifoliums
trifoly
triforia
triforium
triform
triformed
triformity
trifunctional
trifunctionality
trifunctionally

Literary usage of Trifoliolate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"In such a case the first true leaf is trifoliolate or it may have five leaflets. ... Such a form is not followed by a trifoliolate leaf, but, ..."

2. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Two are broadly ovate and simple, while the third leaf is pinnately trifoliolate and inserted at right angles to the other two, but on the same level, ..."

3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"Leaf trifoliolate, its petiole short, its leaflets linear-Lanceolate, ... Leaf trifoliolate, almost sessile, opposite, the leaflets somewhat silky. ..."

4. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"But, in either class of compound leaves, the leaflets may be reduced to a minimum number. A pinnately trifoliolate leaf is one of the ..."

5. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: Containing Abridged by Robert Wight, George Arnott Walker Arnott (1834)
"shrubby, erect, branched : old branches terete and nearly glabrous, young ones angled and pubescent : leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets obovate or oblong, ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"A handsome tree, 20-45 ft. high and much branched: Ivs. on old trees trifoliolate, the lateral Ifts. about two-thirds as long as the terminal one and ..."

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