adjective
- having only one leaf or leaflet
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The unifoliate leaves of the orange tree are simple and undivided.
- Botanists identified the plant by its unifoliate structure.
- Unlike compound leaves, unifoliate leaves consist of a single blade.
- The citrus family includes many unifoliate species.
- Students learned to distinguish unifoliate from trifoliate leaves.
- The unifoliate characteristic helps classify certain plant families.