a. Bot. [a. L. *foliolātus: see FOLIOLE and -ATE.] Of, pertaining to, or consisting of folioles or leaflets; chiefly in comb. with numerical prefix (usually written with Arabic figure) used instead of the Latin uni-, bi-, tri-. Cf. BIFOLIOLATE a.
1866. in Treas. Bot.; and in mod. Dicts.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 86. Leaves 3-foliolate in seedling plants…. Spines sometimes furnished with minute 1-foliolate leaves.
