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COMPOUND LEAF
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("compound leaf" is a kind of...):
foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compound leaf"):
trifoliolate leaf (having three leaflets)
quinquefoliate leaf (a compound leaf having five leaflets)
palmate leaf (a leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from a common point)
pinnate leaf (a leaf resembling a feather; having the leaflets on each side of a common axis)
decompound leaf (a leaf having divisions that are themselves compound)
