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tripinnate
/ -eɪt; traɪˈpɪnɪt /
adjective
- (of a bipinnate leaf) having the pinnules themselves pinnate
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Derived Forms
- triˈpinnately, adverb
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Other Words From
- tri·pin·nate·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tripinnate1
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Example Sentences
When these leaflets are again divided in the same way, the leaf becomes thrice pinnate, or tripinnate, as in many Acacias.
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A more highly developed form of the typical plant, the lower pinnæ being often very broad, and the fronds tripinnate.
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Fronds eight to eighteen inches long, lanceolate-oblong, tripinnate.
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Pinnule, a secondary division of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf, 66.
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Pinna, a primary division with its leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf.
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