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Webster 1828 Edition
Trifoliate
TRIFO'LIATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
trifoliate
trifoliate
English
Adjective
trifoliate (not comparable)
- (chiefly botany)[1]Having or comprising three leaves, or (loosely) trifoliolate (with three leaflets)[2] or having leaves with three parts, as the clover plant.[1]
- Comprising, abounding with, or featuring trefoils.
Derived terms
Related terms
- trefoil
- trifoliolate (diminutive, botany)
- Trifolium (botany)
Translations
having three leaves
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References
- 1 2 3 4 “trifoliate, a.]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
- ↑ Beentje 2010, The Kew Plant Glossary