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 44-Compound leaf

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A compound leaf is a leaf with more than one blade per petiole or leaf base.

In a compound leaf, each blade is called a leaflet, and each stalk of a leaflet is a petiolule.

The photo shows a pinnately compound leaf of the red-leaved rose, Rosa rubrifolia.

Photo by K. R. Robertson of plants cultivated at the University of Illinois.
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