compound leaf: Meaning and Definition of

com'pound leaf'

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk, arranged either palmately, as the fingers of a hand, or pinnately, as the leaflets of a fern; the leaflets themselves may be compound.
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