When the blade of a leaf is divided into two or more separate leaflets, each with its own stalk, the leaf is said to be compound. The leaflets themselves are not leaves and this is shown by the absence of buds in their axils. The whole leaf can be pulled off as one, leaving a well-defined scar on the stem.
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Leaf whose blade is divided into two or more leaflets.
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a leaf with more than one blade. All blades are attached to a single leafstem. Where the leafstem attaches to the twig, there is a bud.
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(from the article `angiosperm`) Many leaves contain only some of these leaf parts; for example, many leaves lack a petiole and so are attached directly to the stem (sessile), and ... The caesalpinioids, probably progenitors of other Fabales, are more variable than the other two subfamilies. The leaves are usually divided into ... The...
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A leaf with two or more separate leaflets; in some cases (as in Citrus) some of the leaflets may be obsolete and the compound leaf have only one leaflet.
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Leaf whose blade is divided into two or more leaflets.
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n] - composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk
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A leaf with more than one blade. All blades are attached to a single leaf stem. Where the leaf stem attaches to the twig, there is a bud.
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noun a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk
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A leaf in which the blade is composed of separate parts, each part called a leaflet. Decompound means more than once compound.
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A leaf composed of two or more leaflets.
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a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk, arranged either palmately, as the fingers of a hand, or pinnately, as the leaflets of a fern; the leaflets themselves may be compound.
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