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foliole|ˈfəʊlɪəʊl|
[a. F. foliole, ad. L. foliolum, dim. of folium leaf.]
1. Bot. One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a leaflet.
1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. ii. 28 Pieces, which we must call leaves, leaflets, or folioles. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 31 Compound leaves reduced to a single foliole. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. III. xxix. 177 A..palm-tree..having a free thread between the interstices of the folioles.
2. Zool. A small leaf-like appendage.
1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 1205/1 In Boltenia reniformis the stomach is destitute of any internal folioles or lacunæ. 1888Riverside Nat. Hist. II. 221 A series of flat transparent leaflets..Similar folioles also arise from the basal joint of the antennæ.
Hence ˌfolioˈliferous a. [see -i-ferous], bearing folioles or small leaf-like appendages (Cent. Dict.). ˌfolioˈlose a. [see -ose], having leaves composed of folioles (Syd. Soc. Lex.). |