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foliolate

ADJECTIVE
  1. (often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets
    `foliolate' is combined with the prefix `bi' to form the word `bifoliolate'

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  • It is never quite free from the old atavistic type of the trifoliolate leaves, and invariably, when external conditions become less favorable, this atavistic form is apt to gain dominion over the more refined varietal character. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
  • This experience probably gives an explanation [353] why the quinquefoliolate variety is so seldom met with in the wild state. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
  • Only those parents that give [349] the highest percentage are chosen, and among their progeny only the seedlings with trifoliolate primary leaves are planted out. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
  • In summer the range is wider, and besides many trifoliolate leaves the curiously shaped seven-bladed ones are not at all rare. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
  • 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
  • Poison (trifoliolate, or _three-leaved_) ivy resembles Virginia Creeper, and all nurses and caretakers should be able to recognize it. The Mother and Her Child
  • By contrast, C. nipponica has 2-or 3-leaved stems, - or 5-or 7-foliolate basal leaves, cauline leaves with auriculate to amplexicaul petiolar bases, spatulate petals 5-6 mm, and apically margined seeds.
  • In some few instances the calyx is not at all altered, but the carpellary leaf is trifoliolate, or even quinquefoliolate, the corolla being then absent. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
  • Baillon, [265] wherein the pistil of _Trifolium repens_ consisted of three carpels, either separate, or combined so as to form a one-celled ovary with three parietal, pluri-ovulate placentæ; the ovary in these flowers was formed of the basal vaginiform part of the leaf; the three styles were formed by the petioles, while the stigmas were represented by trifoliolate leaves. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
  • The European pine or _Pinus sylvestris_ ordinarily has two needles in each sheath, but trifoliolate sheaths occur on the stems and stronger branches, where they prefer, as a rule, the upper parts of the single annual shoots. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
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