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Webster 1913 Edition


Tripinnate

Tri-pin′nate

,
Adj.
[Pref.
tri-
+
pinnate
.]
(Bot.)
Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tripinnate

TRIPIN'NATE

,
Adj.
[L. tres and penna or pinna.] In botany, a tripinnate leaf is a species of superdecompound leaf, when a petiole has bipinnate leaves ranged on each side of it, as in common fern.

Definition 2024


tripinnate

tripinnate

English

Adjective

tripinnate (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.