compound leaf

compound leafleft: pinnately compound leafright: palmately compound leaf

compound leaf

n. A leaf whose blade is divided into two or more distinct leaflets.

compound leaf

n (Botany) a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk

compound leaf

A leaf that is composed of two or more leaflets on a common stalk. Clover, roses, sumac, and walnut trees have compound leaves.

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compound leaf - a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalkfoliage, leaf, leafage - the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plantstrifoliolate leaf - having three leafletsquinquefoliate leaf - a compound leaf having five leafletspalmate leaf - a leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common pointpinnate leaf - a leaf resembling a feather; having the leaflets on each side of a common axisdecompound leaf - a leaf having divisions that are themselves compound