tripinnate
[ trahy-pin-eyt ]
/ traɪˈpɪn eɪt /
adjective Botany.
bipinnate, as a leaf, with the divisions also pinnate.
Often
tri·pin·nat·ed.
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Example sentences from the Web for tripinnate
Pinnule, a secondary division of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf, 66.
The Elements of Botany |Asa GrayFronds eight to eighteen inches long, lanceolate-oblong, tripinnate.
The Fern Lover's Companion |George Henry TiltonPinna, a primary division with its leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf.
The Elements of Botany |Asa GrayWhen these leaflets are again divided in the same way, the leaf becomes thrice pinnate, or tripinnate, as in many Acacias.
The Elements of Botany |Asa Gray
British Dictionary definitions for tripinnate
tripinnate
/ (traɪˈpɪnɪt, -eɪt) /
adjective
(of a bipinnate leaf) having the pinnules themselves pinnate