alternate-pinnate
Botany
adjective
Having the pinnae or leaflets of a compound leaf alternate upon the midrib or petiole; (of leaf venation) consisting of a series of lateral branches arising alternately on each side of the midrib.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Moore (1821–1887), gardener and writer on horticulture. Perhaps after French alternati-penné; compare slightly earlier alternipinnate.
- downtempo
- down the hatch
- down-the-line
- down the middle
- down the road
- downthrow
- downtick
- down timber
- downtime
- down to earth
- down-to-earthness
- down tools
- down to the ground
- (down) to the last (or final, smallest, etc.) detail
- pyemia
- pyeste egg
- pyet
- PYG
- pygal
- pygarg
- pygidial
- pygidium
- pygies
- Pygmalion
- Pygmalionism