Meanings
adjectivebipinnate (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyDoubly pinnate; pinnate and having leaflets that are themselves pinnate.
Three hours later Boyles and Rise are propped up against the trunk of the sole acacia tree on the knoll, drinking up the bipinnate shade.
1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 307
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns)
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Origin
- New Latinbipinnātus
- Englishbipinnate
Borrowed from New Latin bipinnātus or from bi- + pinnate.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
French bipenné
- bipennépinnate
Italian bipennato
- bipennatopinnate
Latin bipinnatus
- bipinnatuspinnate
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