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foliolate

foliolate adjective: of or pertaining to leaflets of a plant.

Adjective

foliolate (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to leaflets of a plant.

Origin of foliolate

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

Words formed from foliolate

Questions about foliolate

What does foliolate mean?
Foliolate means of or pertaining to leaflets of a plant.
What part of speech is foliolate?
Foliolate is an adjective.

Words near foliolate in the dictionary

  1. folio post
  2. folio posts
  3. folioed
  4. folioing
  5. foliolar
  6. foliolate
  7. foliole
  8. folioles
  9. folioliferous
  10. foliologist
  11. foliologists

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