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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