multifoliateadj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈfəʊlɪət/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈfoʊliət/; see also multi- comb. form. Of a leaf: having many (more than 7 or 9) leaflets. Of a plant: characterized by such leaves. Also gen.: involving many leaves; manifold.
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cut1565
winged1668
pinnate1687
conjugated1690
trifoliated1698
auriculated1712
auriculate1714
pennate1723
pinnated1725
pennated1727
bigeminate1753
lyrated1753
pedated1753
pinnatifid1753
supradecomposite1753
supradecompound1753
ternated1753
trifoliate1753
lyrate1760
pedate1760
quinate1760
ternate1760
tripinnate1760
palmed1767
bilobated1770
lyre-shaped1778
pennatifid1778
finger-parted1783
superdecompound1783
bipinnate1785
biternate1785
conjugate1785
lobed1787
tergeminate1793
wing-cleft1796
yoked?1803
binate1807
septenate1807
trijugous1813
auricled1821
pinniform1821
multijugous1828
pinnulate1828
trifoliolate1828
bipinnatifid1830
multifoliolate1831
multijugate1831
quinquefoliolate1832
bifoliolate1835
pinnatisected1837
palmatifid1839
tripinnatifid1839
foliate1840
palmatipartite1840
pinnatilobate1840
pinnatipartite1840
pinnatisect1840
bipinnated1842
biconjugate1847
imparipinnate1847
paripinnate1851
pinnatulate1855
polytomous1856
multifoliate1857
pennati-partite1857
pennati-sected1857
ternato-pinnate1857
tripinnatisect1857
patentoternate1859
septemfoliate1859
bipinnatipartite1861
bipinnatisected1861
bipalmate1864
pinnatilobed1866
septenous1866
cut-leaved1870
lobing1870
ternatisect1870
tripinnated1876
trijugate1880
jugate1887
pinnulated1890
trisect1899
tridigitate1900
trigeminous1900
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Multifoliatus, applied to a digitated leaf of which the common petiole terminates by more than nine folioles, as the Lupinus varius: multifoliate.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 341 One bundle runs out into each of the leaves, which form multifoliate whorls.
1925 T. S. Eliot Poems 1909–25 97 Sightless, unless The eyes reappear As the perpetual star Multifoliate rose Of death's twilight kingdom.
1931 A. L. Rowse Politics & Younger Generation iv. 91 The multifoliate inanity of religious sects.
1972 R. Adams Watership Down xxxviii. 304 The wind began to blow.., with a multifoliate rustling through the sedges.
1993 Ontario Beef Farmer Sept. 20/1 (advt.) The Alfalfa variety with superior yield... Multifoliate variety.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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