English

Adjective

bipinnate ‎(not comparable)

1. (botany, of a leaf) Doubly pinnate; pinnate and having leaflets that are themselves pinnate.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 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.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with bifoliate or bijugate.

Translations

See also

• decompound