Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having five leaflets: said of compound leaves.
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- adjective botany Having
five leaflets .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In some few instances the calyx is not at all altered, but the carpellary leaf is trifoliolate, or even quinquefoliolate, the corolla being then absent.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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On normal plants of my variety the quinquefoliolate leaves usually compose the majority, when there are no weak lateral branches, or when they are left out of consideration.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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In the fall and in the winter the range of variability is narrowed, and at first sight the plants often seem to bear only quinquefoliolate leaves.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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This experience probably gives an explanation [353] why the quinquefoliolate variety is so seldom met with in the wild state.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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