trifoliate
IPA: traɪfˈoʊɫieɪt
noun
- A trifoliate plant
adjective
- (chiefly botany) Having or comprising three leaves, or (loosely) trifoliolate (with three leaflets) or having leaves with three parts, as the clover plant.
- Comprising, abounding with, or featuring trefoils.
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Examples of "trifoliate" in Sentences
- Leaves are trifoliate and spirally arranged on the stem.
- The seeds and trifoliate leaves are a bit smaller than in the common bean.
- Leaves are pinnately trifoliate, smooth above and lightly pubescent below.
- They are pinnately trifoliate and the terminal leaflet is often the largest.
- 'Swingle' citrumelo, 'Cleopatra' mandarin and Poncirus trifoliata (trifoliate orange).
- It has trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers and long slender pods containing variously colored edible beans.
- The alternate leaves are trifoliate with long petioles and two nectar-producing glands at the base of each leaflet ..
- A perennial that grows from seeds into a trifoliate-leaved vine about twenty feet long, the jicama needs several years of growth before the tubers get big enough to harvest.
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