Definition of leaflet

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Leaflet (n.) A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes..

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Fingered :: Fingered (a.) Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.
Multijugate :: Multijugate (a.) Having many pairs of leaflets.
Leafet :: Leafet (n.) A leaflet.
Quiname :: Quiname (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.
Bifoliolate :: Bifoliolate (a.) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves..
Endecaphyllous :: Endecaphyllous (a.) Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.
Unijugate :: Unijugate (a.) Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.
Hexaphyllous :: Hexaphyllous (a.) Having six leaves or leaflets.
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..
Jugum :: Jugum (n.) A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.
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..
Tripinnate :: Tripinnate (a.) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.
Pleiophyllous :: Pleiophyllous (a.) Having several leaves; -- used especially when several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.
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..
Paripinnate :: Paripinnate (a.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.
Foliole :: Foliole (n.) One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.
Stipellate :: Stipel (n.) The stipule of a leaflet.
Petiolule :: Petiolule (n.) A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet..
Unifollilate :: Unifollilate (a.) Having only one leaflet, as the leaves of the orange tree..
Tetraphyllous :: Tetraphyllous (a.) Having four leaves; consisting of four distinct leaves or leaflets.
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