foliolate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin foliolātus, from foliolum (“leaflet”) +‎ -ātus, a diminutive of folium (“leaf”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

foliolate (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to leaflets of a plant.[1]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Asa Gray (1857), “[Glossary […].] Foliolate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.
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