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Leaflet

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:''For the publishing use of the term 'leaflet', see pamphlet.'' A '''leaflet''' in botany is a part of a compound leaf. A leaflet may resemble a complete leaf, but it is not borne on a Plant stem stem as a leaf is, but rather on a vein of the whole leaf. Compound leaves are common in many plant families. Leaflets borne on the central vein of a leaf are referred to as ''pinnae''; the compound leaves themselves are described as ''pinnate''. A plant may be further subdivided in that the pinnae are themselves split into leaflets, or ''pinnules''; these leaves are now twice pinnate, or ''bipinnate''. A few plant species even have ''tripinnate'' leaves. Category:Plant morphology pl:Listek sv:Flygblad