Trifoloiolate
Leaf Structure
Pictorial Glossary
Compound Leaves - Trifoliolate
Trifoliolate - having three leaflets arising from the same point, therefore one leaf.
NOTE: trifoliate means 'having three leaves.' Some books use the terms interchangeably but, for example, a clover leaf is trifoliolate, not trifoliate.
Clarke, I. & Lee, H. (1987) Name that Flower, Melbourne University Press, Victoria.