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Quadrijugous :: Quadrijugous (a.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf..

Quiname :: Quiname (a.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.

Five-leaved :: Five-leaved (a.) Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper..

Pecopteris :: Pecopteris (n.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.

Multijugate :: Multijugate (a.) Having many pairs of leaflets.

Interrupted :: Interrupted (a.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf..

Leaflet :: Leaflet (n.) A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes..

Quinquefoliated :: Quinquefoliated (a.) Having five leaves or leaflets.

Paripinnate :: Paripinnate (a.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.

Stipellate :: Stipel (n.) The stipule of a leaflet.

Digitated :: Digitated (a.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation..

Tetraphyllous :: Tetraphyllous (a.) Having four leaves; consisting of four distinct leaves or leaflets.

Pleiophyllous :: Pleiophyllous (a.) Having several leaves; -- used especially when several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.

Bifoliolate :: Bifoliolate (a.) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves..

Leafet :: Leafet (n.) A leaflet.

Unifollilate :: Unifollilate (a.) Having only one leaflet, as the leaves of the orange tree..

Hexaphyllous :: Hexaphyllous (a.) Having six leaves or leaflets.

Partial :: Partial (n.) Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole..

Pentaphyllous :: Pentaphyllous (a.) Having five leaves or leaflets.

Trifoliated :: Trifoliated (a.) Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock..

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