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Definition of Foliole
1. n. One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.
Definition of Foliole
1. Noun. (botany) One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet. ¹
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Definition of Foliole
1. a small structure like a leaf [n -S]
Medical Definition of Foliole
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Foliole
Literary usage of Foliole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1848)
"It is likewise a remarkable fact, and not before noticed, that the foliole of
the calyx which alternates with these two petals, and which is, therefore, ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"Artr., Sfc. 509.; Fragon sans foliole, Fr.; ... 9fi, 97. ; Fragon .i foliole,
Fr.; and our Jig. ... foliole ..."
3. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"(L. dim. of folium, F. foliole; ... F. foliole; G. Blättchen.) A little leaf; а
leaflet. Same as foliole. ..."
4. Botanical Commentaries by Jonathan Stokes (1830)
"terminated neither by a tendril nor foliole. L. am. n. 284; Phil. hot. 47. t.
... Pinnate, with an odd foliole. Leaf. Pinnate, terminated by an odd foliole. ..."
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