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
Example Sentences
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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 Gray, Asa
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 Gray, Asa
But if the division goes still further, or if the degree is variable, we simply say that the leaf is decompound; either palmately or pinnately decompound, as the case may be.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
We have this advantage in the analysis of atmospherical air, being able both to decompound it, and to form it a new in the most satisfactory manner.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
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 Gray, Asa
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