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An example of a palmate leaf is ____________
An example of a palmate leaf is ____________
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The correct option is D Clover leaf
In palmately compound leaves, the leaflets are attached at a common point, i.e., at the tip of petiole (resembling an open hand, having lobes radiating from a common point. The clover leaf is an example of palmate leaf. In a pinnately compound leaf a number of leaflets are present on a common axis, the rachis, which represents the midrib of the leaf as in neem and gulmohar. The banana plant has simple leaves where the lamina is continuous.
Clover leaf
In palmately compound leaves, the leaflets are attached at a common point, i.e., at the tip of petiole (resembling an open hand, having lobes radiating from a common point. The clover leaf is an example of palmate leaf. In a pinnately compound leaf a number of leaflets are present on a common axis, the rachis, which represents the midrib of the leaf as in neem and gulmohar. The banana plant has simple leaves where the lamina is continuous.
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