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foliole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fo-li-ole
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.

noun

A small leaf-like outgrowth from the thallus of a foliose lichen.

Etymology

Diminutive of Latin folium (“leaf”). Compare French foliole.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

folioles (plural)

Derived Forms

foliolose

Questions

What does foliole mean?
One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.
Where does foliole come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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