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compound leaves
Leaves with blades divided into several distinct sections, called folioles, the arrangement of which determines the leaf type.
abruptly pinnate
Compound feathered leaf ending in two folioles on each side of the main petiole.
odd pinnate
Compound feathered leaf with a main petiole ending in a single foliole.
pinnatifid
Compound leaf with folioles on both sides of a common petiole.
palmate
Compound leaf with all its folioles attached at the same point, at the apex of the petiole.
trifoliolate
Leaf having three distinct folioles.