Definition of Tripinnate

1. Adjective. (of a leaf shape) thrice pinnate.

Exact synonyms: Tripinnated
Similar to: Compound

Definition of Tripinnate

1. a. Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.

Definition of Tripinnate

1. Adjective. (botany) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tripinnate

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Tripinnate

1. Of leaves, pinnately divided three times. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tripinnate

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triphoton
triphotons
triphthong
triphthongal
triphthongize
triphthongized
triphthongizes
triphthongizing
triphthongs
triphyline
triphylines
triphylite
triphyllous
tripiest
tripinnate (current term)
tripinnated
tripinnately
tripinnatifid
triplane
triplanes
triplant
triplant implant
triplasian
triplatin tetranitrate
triple
triple-SIM
triple-blind
triple-click
triple-clicks

Literary usage of Tripinnate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... Swz. Lvs. bi-tripinnate,densely scaly when young, with soft, deciduous hair-like scales ; segments coarsely serrate or pinnatifid, on spore- bearing ..."

2. First Steps to Botany: Intended as Popular Illustrations of the Science by James Lawson Drummond (1826)
"... a tripinnate, or trebly pinnated leaf. These terms are easily understood. The first is " when the common petiole has pinnate leaves on each side of it," ..."

3. Report by British Bryological Society (1899)
"New Key to Thuidium recognition (Hedw.) Lindb. and its allies by HN Dixon, MA, FLS See Journal of Botany, June, 1913. 1. | ciliate ; tripinnate ..."

4. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"brown, 8-20 cm. long: fronds 3-5 cm. long, ovate, closely tripinnate; the ultimate segments linear, 6-12 mm. long, sessile; the sterile ones serrate. ..."

5. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1858)
"A. tetragonum, Schrad. ; " caudex creeping, frond pe- dato-tripinnate, ... well with this ing venation : A. affine passes into the ordinary tripinnate or ..."

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