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paripinnate

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par⋅i⋅pin⋅nate

  [par-i-pin-eyt, -it]
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–adjective Botany.
1. evenly pinnate.
2. pinnate without an odd terminal leaflet.
Origin:
1855–60; pari- + pinnate
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par·i·pin·nate   (pār'ĭ-pĭn'āt, -ĭt)   
adj.   Botany
Pinnately compound with two terminal leaflets: paripinnate leaves.

[Latin pār, par-, equal, a pair + pinnate.]
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