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A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

t; to frequent. Shak. 'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep. J. Fletcher.

Covered, or bound round, with a kercher. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.

A leaflet.

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. G. Fletcher.

- Moving plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Desmodium gyrans); -- so called because its leaflets have a distinct automatic motion.

Having many pairs of leaflets.

ions or make curvatures under the influence of darkness. It is well illustrated in the leaflets of clover and other leguminous plants.

A small orb, or sphere. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

A way out; exit. [R.] In divers streets and outways multiplied. P. Fletcher.

Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. Gray.

Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.

a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole. Partial differentials, Partial differential coefficients, Partial differentiation, etc. (of a function of two or more variables), the differentials, differential coefficients, differen…

ensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.

Having five leaves or leaflets.

A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers. P. Fletcher. "The pentarchy of the senses." A. Brewer.

protestations. [Obs.] And with a virgin innocence did pray For me, that perjured her. J. Fletcher.

A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.

A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.