Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having five leaves, or, more commonly but less properly, five leaflets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having five leaves or leaflets.
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- adjective botany Having five
leaves orleaflets .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a leaf shape) having five leaflets
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