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foliole

[ foh-lee-ohl ]

noun

Botany.
  1. a leaflet, as of a compound leaf.
  2. a small leaflike organ or appendage.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of foliole1

1785–95; < French < Late Latin foliolum, equivalent to Latin foli ( um ) leaf + -olum -ole 1
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A pretty oval face with softly shadowed oblique eyes—looking shyly downward—and a wonderful maiden coiffure, in which the hair is arranged in bands and volutes and ellipses and convolutions and foliole curlings most beautiful and extraordinary.

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