bipinnate
English
editEtymology
editCalque of Latin bipinnatus or bi- + pinnate.
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editAdjective
editbipinnate (not comparable)
- (botany, of a leaf) Doubly pinnate; pinnate and having leaflets that are themselves pinnate.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 307:
- 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.
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