bipinnate
adjUK /bʌɪˈpɪneɪt/
Etymology Borrowed from New Latin bipinnātus or from bi + pinnate.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Of a leaf Doubly pinnate; pinnate and having leaflets that are themselves pinnate.
- Three hours later Boyles and Rise are propped up against the trunk of the sole acacia tree on the knoll, drinking up the bipinnate shade.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 307:
- Derived terms
- bipinnately
- Related terms
- decompound