decompound
Americanadjective
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(of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
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made up of one or more compounds
verb
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a less common word for decompose
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obsolete to mix with or form from one or more compounds
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of decompound
First recorded in 1605–15; de- + compound 1
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I find decompound for compound in Heylyn's Microcosmos, 1627, p. 249., thus:—"The English language is a decompound of Dutch, French, and Latin."
From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various
Leaves irregularly pinnately decompound, the rather small leaflets incised.—Centreville,
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
An introduced biennial, with spotted stems, and large decompound leaves.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Leaves 2-3 times compound or decompound — 24. 18a.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
Cymes decompound, or in the northern form somewhat simple and smaller, and the spikelets usually more clustered; bristles capillary, twice the length of the achene.—Borders of ponds, Mass. to N. J. and Fla.; rare.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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