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Definition of Folioles
1. foliole [n] - See also: foliole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Folioles
Literary usage of Folioles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vegetable World: Being a History of Plants, with Their Botanical by Louis Figuier (1869)
"The folioles of the Trefoil stand erect, curving in a longitudinal ... The folioles
of the Melilotus are half erect, but divergent at their summits. ..."
2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1860)
"In ten minutes the folioles were all partially closed. In half an hour many still
... In two minutes some of the folioles began to close, some reopened, ..."
3. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"folioles acute; 5 pairs with an odd one. FAGARA Piperita. Thunb. jap. 64; ti-or.
iii. 62f 130; iv.89. 3. FAGARA octandra. folioles tomentose. L. mant. ..."
4. On Planting and Rural Ornament: A Practical Treatise by William Marshal, Marshall (William) (1803)
"These folioles are large, and nearly of-a» oval figure ... The folioles are of
aft cval figure, of a very dark green colour, and are greatly ..."
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