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tripinnate

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tri⋅pin⋅nate

  [trahy-pin-eyt]
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–adjective Botany.
bipinnate, as a leaf, with the divisions also pinnate.
Also, tri⋅pin⋅nat⋅ed.

Origin:
1750–60; tri- + pinnate

Related forms:
tri⋅pin⋅nate⋅ly, adverb
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tri·pin·nate   (trī-pĭn'āt')   
adj.  Divided into pinnae that are subdivided into smaller, further subdivided leaflets or lobes, as in many ferns.
tri·pin'nate'ly adv.
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