tripinnate

IPA: trˈɪpɪnˈeɪt

adjective

  • (botany) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.
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Examples of "tripinnate" in Sentences

  • Fronds eight to eighteen inches long, lanceolate-oblong, tripinnate.
  • A tripinnate form of this variety discovered at Concord, Mass., by Henry
  • Fronds two to six inches long, triangular-ovate, acute, broadest at the base, tripinnate.
  • A more highly developed form of the typical plant, the lower pinnæ being often very broad, and the fronds tripinnate.
  • Stipes three to nine inches tall, blades one to three inches, triangular-ovate, pinnate at the summit, and tripinnate below.
  • From a systematic point of view these leaves indicate the origin of the water-parsnips from ordinary umbellifers, which generally have bi - and tripinnate leaves.
  • It was tripinnate; its secondary stems were placed directly opposite on the midrib, but its tertiary ones in the alternate arrangement; and its leaflets which were also alternate, were as rectilinear and slim as mere veins, or as the thread-like leaflets of asparagus.

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