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Definition of "bipinnate" []

  • Botany Decompound. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bipinnate" in a sentence
  • "Pinna Primary division of a pinnate or bipinnate leaf."
  • "The leaves are bipinnate with 2-6 opposite pairs of pinnae, each having 8-21 leaflets on short stalks."
  • "With their bipinnate leaves, calliandras superficially resemble Leucaena and Mimosa species."
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