unifoliate
IPA: jˈunɪfˈoʊɫieɪt
noun
- Such a plant
adjective
- (botany) Having a single leaf
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Examples of "unifoliate" in Sentences
- These are the unifoliate, which have one leaf, and the bifoliate, which have two.
- The unifoliate species are known for the glistening beauty of their large, frillylipped blooms whose dominant colours are white through pink and yellow to exquisite rose-lavender and mauve shades.
- I see that I have probably gone beyond my depth in discussing plurifoliate and unifoliate leaves; but in such a case as that of Mimosa albida, where rudiments of additional leaflets are present, we must believe that they were well developed in the progenitor of the plant.
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