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FOLIOLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foliolate mean?
• FOLIOLATE (adjective)
The adjective FOLIOLATE has 1 sense:
1. (often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets
Familiarity information: FOLIOLATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets
Context example:
'foliolate' is combined with the prefix 'bi' to form the word 'bifoliolate'
Similar:
leafy (having or covered with leaves)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
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