Imparipinnate (odd pinnate)

Imparipinnate [ Botany ]

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A pinnate compound leaf with a single terminal leaflet (pinnae), and therefore usually with an odd number of leaflets.

A compound leaf that is divided up into many small leaflets (pinnae), arranged in two rows along either side of an axis called a rachis. Each leaflet is known as a pinna, and where the pinnae are themselves divided, the secondary divisions are known as pinnules. see imparipinnate, paripinnate. cf. bipinnate, tripinnate;

compare with: Paripinnate

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