bipinnatifid
English
Etymology
bi- + pinnatifid
Adjective
bipinnatifid (not comparable)
- (botany) Doubly pinnatifid.
- A bipinnatifid leaf is a pinnatifid leaf having its segments or divisions also pinnatifid. The primary divisions are pinnae and the secondary ones are pinnules.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bipinnatifid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)