bipinnate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of bipinnate
From the New Latin word bipinnātus, dating back to 1785–95; see bi- 1, pinnate
Example Sentences
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“There were two options: You move the house, or the tree dies,” says Duprat, 69, on a temperate afternoon this past August, standing beneath its delicate bipinnate leaves.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
The plant produces a slender, erect, hollow stem rising 1 to 2 ft. in height, with bipinnate leaves and small flowers in pink or whitish umbels.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
Fronds one to three feet high, minutely glandular and hairy, ovate-lanceolate, pale green, very thin and mostly bipinnate.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by George Henry Tilton
The large pinnate or rarely bipinnate leaves give the Cycads a superficial resemblance in habit to Palms.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
For example, while the clustered leaves of the Honey-Locust are simply pinnate, that is, once pinnate, those on new shoots are bipinnate, or twice pinnate, as in Fig.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
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