abruptly pinnate
- a variation of paripinnate.
Example Sentences
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The plant is an annual of diffuse habit, with hairy stem, and two-paired, abruptly pinnate leaflets.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
Many trees have the leaves twice pinnate; they are either twice odd-pinnate or twice abruptly pinnate.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
Botanical Description.—A large tree, somewhat resembling the elm in contour, with leaves opposite, abruptly pinnate.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Leaves 1½–2° long, opposite, abruptly pinnate, a thick stylet taking the place of the odd leaflet.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Leaves abruptly pinnate, the place of the odd leaflet taken by a stylet.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
