odd-pinnate

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(of a plant leaf) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex

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Words nearby odd-pinnate

odd man out, odd-man rush, oddment, odd or even, odd permutation, odd-pinnate, odds, odds and ends, odds and sods, Oddsbodikins, oddside

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How to use odd-pinnate in a sentence

Many trees have the leaves twice pinnate; they are either twice odd-pinnate or twice abruptly pinnate.
Trees of the Northern United States|Austin C. Apgar
Trees or shrubs with alternate, odd-pinnate leaves, having spines on each side of the stalk in place of stipules.
Trees of the Northern United States|Austin C. Apgar
Small tree with alternate, odd-pinnate leaves, the base of the petiole hollow, and inclosing the leaf-buds of the next year.
Trees of the Northern United States|Austin C. Apgar
Trees with petioled, opposite, odd-pinnate leaves (one cultivated variety has simple leaves).
Trees of the Northern United States|Austin C. Apgar

Hard-wooded trees with alternate, odd-pinnate leaves having straight-veined leaflets.
Trees of the Northern United States|Austin C. Apgar