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Trifoliolate :: Trifoliolate (a.) Having three leaflets.

Multijugate :: Multijugate (a.) Having many pairs of leaflets.

Trijugate :: Trijugate (a.) In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets..

Leaflet :: Leaflet (n.) One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.

Petiolule :: Petiolule (n.) A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet..

Jugum :: Jugum (n.) A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

Partial :: Partial (n.) Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole..

Biternate :: Biternate (a.) Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets..

Hexaphyllous :: Hexaphyllous (a.) Having six leaves or leaflets.

Pinnated :: Pinnated (a.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly..

Quiname :: Quiname (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.

Quadrijugous :: Quadrijugous (a.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf..

Tergeminate :: Tergeminate (a.) Thrice twin; having three pairs of leaflets.

Tripinnate :: Tripinnate (a.) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.

Interrupted :: Interrupted (a.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf..

Bifoliolate :: Bifoliolate (a.) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves..

Bigeminate :: Bigeminate (a.) Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf..

Digitated :: Digitated (a.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation..

Three-leaved :: Three-leaved (a.) Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.

Scar :: Scar (n.) A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust.. under Axillary..

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