Definition of bipinnate in English:
bipinnate
adjective bʌɪˈpɪneɪtbīˈpinˌāt
Botany (of a pinnate leaf) having leaflets that are further subdivided in a pinnate arrangement.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a graceful arching fern with fronds that are generally bipinnate, although the basal pinnae are tripinnate.
- They bear bipinnate leaves with small, oval to lanceolate leaflets.
- Some are bipinnate, triangular in shape and have finely cut or toothed leaflets.
- Most Australian species of Acacia have bipinnate leaves, as least when they are in the seedling stage.
- The bright green bipinnate leaves are up to 15 cm long.