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tripinnate

/trahy-pin-eyt/US // traɪˈpɪn eɪt //UK // (traɪˈpɪnɪt, -eɪt) //

三羽化,三羽化的,三聚物,三聚氰胺

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : bipinnate, as a leaf, with the divisions also pinnate.

Examples

  • When these leaflets are again divided in the same way, the leaf becomes thrice pinnate, or tripinnate, as in many Acacias.

  • A more highly developed form of the typical plant, the lower pinnæ being often very broad, and the fronds tripinnate.

  • Fronds eight to eighteen inches long, lanceolate-oblong, tripinnate.

  • Pinnule, a secondary division of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf, 66.

  • Pinna, a primary division with its leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf.

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