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Added 10 October 2026

trifoliate

/tɹaɪˈfəʊlɪət/ adjective

In Latin: trifoliatus Wiktionary

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Having or comprising three leaves, or (loosely) trifoliolate (with three leaflets) or having leaves with three parts, as the clover plant.
Comprising, abounding with, or featuring trefoils.

noun

A trifoliate plant
1 2 3 4 “trifoliate, a.]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2 Ed.; 1989]
↑ Beentje 2010, The Kew Plant Glossary

Origin

tri- (“three”) + Latin foliātus (“leaved”) Doublet of tréflé.

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