adjective
- having a single leaflet
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The unifoliolate leaves of the orange tree are simple in structure.
- Botanists identified the plant by its unifoliolate compound leaves.
- Each unifoliolate leaf consists of just one leaflet attached to the petiole.
- The citrus family is characterized by unifoliolate foliage.
- Students learned to distinguish unifoliolate from multifoliolate leaf patterns.