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Number of leaflets or lobes (if deeply dissected or compound)

The illustrations below show compoundcompound:
(adj) with two or more like parts, as in a compound leaf; divided into two or more subsidiary parts or orders, as in a compound inflorescence
leaves with broad leaflets, but this feature covers lobes or leaflets that may be broad to filiformfiliform:
(adj) thread-like; long and thin
, or deeply dissecteddissected:
(adj) (of leaves) +/- deeply divided, cut, or lobed, including being compound
to compoundcompound:
(adj) with two or more like parts, as in a compound leaf; divided into two or more subsidiary parts or orders, as in a compound inflorescence
. Also, leaf division may be as shown below, or may be di- or trichotomously branched (see the feature Leaf - degree of dissection).

two  
two
three  
three
four  
four
more than four  
more than four
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