| NOUN | plant | compound leaf | a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk |
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| Meaning | A leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk. | |
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| Narrower | decompound leaf | A leaf having divisions that are themselves compound |
| palmate leaf | A leaf resembling an open hand | |
| pinnate leaf | A leaf resembling a feather | |
| quinquefoliate leaf | A compound leaf having five leaflets | |
| trifoliolate leaf | Having three leaflets | |
| Broader | leaf, leafage, foliage | The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants |
| Spanish | hoja compuesta | |
| Catalan | fulla composta | |
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