单词 | quadrinate |
释义 | † quadrinateadj. Botany. Obsolete. Of a compound leaf: having four leaflets growing from a common point; quadrifoliolate. ΚΠ 1826 G. N. Lloyd Bot. Terminol. 101 Quadrinate, when a compound leaf consists of four leaflets, placed in opposite directions, as in Paris quadrifolia. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 170 It [sc. a leaf] is quadrinate or quadrifoliate if there are four leaflets. 1871 L. Colange Zell's Pop. Encycl. I. 177/2 If such a leaf consists of three leaflets, it is ternate..; quadrinate, if there are four. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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