Definitions for trifoliate

trifoliate tri·fo·li·ate

Spelling: [trahy-foh-lee-it, -eyt]
IPA: /traɪˈfoʊ li ɪt, -ˌeɪt/

Trifoliate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 495 anagrams from letters in trifoliate (aefiilortt).

Definitions for trifoliate

adjective

  1. having three leaflets, lobes, or foils; trefoil.
  2. Botany. trifoliolate.

Origin of trifoliate

First recorded in 1690-1700; tri- + foliate

Examples for trifoliate

Again, the old furze-bush will have its leaves converted into spines, though the seedling started with a trifoliate leaf.

His principal sacred tree is the bel tree,2 which has trifoliate leaves, and may have been held sacred on this account.

The leaves are almost stemless and trifoliate; that is, composed of three leaflets.

The trifoliate leaves are numerous, especially on the upper portions.

The stipules are ovate, larger, veined, and have long points; and each flower-head has a pair of trifoliate leaves at its base.

The stem of the plant is bushy and branched; the leaves are trifoliate.

The leaves are trifoliate, though sometimes they grow singly.

Incidentally we may examine here a trifoliate orange filled with fruit.

Changed "trifoliate" to "trifoliolate" in the index entry for "Foliolate."

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