How do you use Trifoliate in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like compound, plus the exact meaning.
Trifoliate in a sentence
Trifoliate meaning
- Having or comprising three leaves, or (loosely) trifoliolate (with three leaflets) or having leaves with three parts, as the clover plant.
- Comprising, abounding with, or featuring trefoils.
Synonyms of Trifoliate
Using Trifoliate
- The main meaning on this page is: Having or comprising three leaves, or (loosely) trifoliolate (with three leaflets) or having leaves with three parts, as the clover plant. | Comprising, abounding with, or featuring trefoils.
- Useful related words include: trifoliolate, trifoliated, compound.
- In the example corpus, trifoliate often appears in combinations such as: trifoliate orange.
Context around Trifoliate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 34.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Trifoliate
- In this selection, "trifoliate" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 34.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, related and orange stand out and add context to how "trifoliate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the trifoliate orange poncirus and the related trifoliate orange citrus. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "trifoliate" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with trifoliate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The related trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata) can survive below convert; its fruit are astringent and inedible unless cooked but a few better-tasting cultivars and hybrids have been developed (see citranges ). (31 words)
About 7 million years ago, citrus plants diverged into two groups, the main citrus genus and the ancestors of the Trifoliate orange (poncirus), which is closely enough related that it can still be hybridized with all other citrus. (38 words)
About 7 million years ago, citrus plants diverged into two groups, the main citrus genus and the ancestors of the Trifoliate orange (poncirus), which is closely enough related that it can still be hybridized with all other citrus. (38 words)
The related trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata) can survive below convert; its fruit are astringent and inedible unless cooked but a few better-tasting cultivars and hybrids have been developed (see citranges ). (31 words)
Example sentences (2)
About 7 million years ago, citrus plants diverged into two groups, the main citrus genus and the ancestors of the Trifoliate orange (poncirus), which is closely enough related that it can still be hybridized with all other citrus.
The related trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata) can survive below convert; its fruit are astringent and inedible unless cooked but a few better-tasting cultivars and hybrids have been developed (see citranges ).
Common combinations with trifoliate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: