foliole

[ foh-lee-ohl ]
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nounBotany.
  1. a leaflet, as of a compound leaf.

  2. a small leaflike organ or appendage.

Origin of foliole

1
1785–95; <French <Late Latin foliolum, equivalent to Latin foli(um) leaf + -olum-ole1

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