Chiefly Botany. A segment or lobe, typically narrow and irregularly shaped, forming part of the margin of a leaf, petal, lichen thallus, etc…
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释义 | the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > leaflet (25) lacinia1668 Chiefly Botany. A segment or lobe, typically narrow and irregularly shaped, forming part of the margin of a leaf, petal, lichen thallus, etc… label1672 A narrow leaflet or segment of a leaf. Obsolete. rare. pinna1703 Botany. Each primary division of a pinnate or pinnatifid leaf or frond, esp. of a fern. Cf. pinnule, n. 3. label1707 A lip or lip-like petal of the corolla of a flower; spec. = labellum, n. 1. pinnula1707 Botany. = pinnule, n. 3. Now rare. ala1712 Botany. A wing-like division of a leaf; esp. a leaflet of a pinnate or other compound leaf, or each of the lateral divisions of the frond of a… lobe1731 A roundish projecting part, usually one of two or more similar portions into which an object is… Botany †(a) A pod, capsule, or fruit-case. Obsolete… pinnule1751 Botany. A subdivision of a pinna of a bipinnate leaf or frond, esp. of a fern; a leaflet, a lobe. Cf. pinnula, n. 1. lobe-leaf1758 a foliole of a compound leaf. leafit1761 = leaflet, n. 1. little leaf1775 Botany. = leaflet, n. 1a. Now rare. wing1776 Botany. Each of the lateral divisions or leaflets of a pinnate leaf. (Cf winged, adj.1 3a). Obsolete. foliole1785 Botany. One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a leaflet. leaflet1811 Botany. Each of the divisions (small leaves) of a compound leaf; = foliole, n. 1. lobelet1850 A small lobe, a lobule. auricle1861 A process shaped liked the lower lobe or ‘lap’ of the human ear; a lobe; esp. in Botany and Conchology. (Cf. auriculate, adj.) lobule1880 A small lobe. pinnulet1881 A small pinnule; a subdivision of a pinnule, esp. as a tertiary division of a fern frond (cf. pinnule, n. 3). pointrel1881 The pointed extremity of the lobe of a leaf. rare. Subcategories:— leaflets (2) — formation of (4) |
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