leafule

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noun

A subdivision of a leaflet (which is in turn a subdivision of a leaf).

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Meanings

nounleafule (plural leafules)

plural leafules

  1. biologyA subdivision of a leaflet (which is in turn a subdivision of a leaf).

    There are other forest ferns with golden, translucent scales, but their leaves are very different from those of Christmas fern – usually much lacier because each frond is divided into leaflets, which are further divided into separate leafules.

    2013 May 20, Elizabeth Farnsworth, “Fabulous Forest Ferns”, in Northern Woodlands

Origin

From leaf + -ule.

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APA

leafule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leafule

MLA

“leafule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leafule. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leafule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leafule.

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