Glossary of Botanical Terms:
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simple: of a single piece or series; (1) of a leaf, with lamina not divided into leaflets (Fig. 3 H) cf. unifoliolate, compound; (2) of an inflorescence, unbranched with the pedicels arising from the main axis.
Fig. 3. Compound Leaves (A–F & I–M) and Simple Leaves (G & H). A, tripinnate; B, bipinnate; C, imparipinnate; D, paripinnate; E, palmate; F, pedate; G, scale leaves; H, simple; I, unifoliolate (1-foliolate); J, bifoliolate (2-foliolate); K, pinnately trifoliolate; L, palmately trifoliolate; M, biternate.
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