Definition of Biternate. Meaning of Biternate. Synonyms of Biternate

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Definition of Biternate

Biternate
Biternate Bi*ter"nate, a. [Pref. bi- + ternate.] (Bot.) Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets. -- Bi*ter"nate*ly, adv. --Gray.

Meaning of Biternate from wikipedia

- themselves pinnately-compound; twice pinnate see imparipinnate and paripinnate biternate With three components, each with three leaflets imparipinnate With an...
- (basal) and along the stem (cauline) are pubescent. The basal leaves are biternate (three leaflets further divided into three sections), while the cauline...
- bitegmic (of an ovule) Covered by two integuments. Contrast unitegmic. biternate Ternate, with each division divided into three. bivalve Having two valves...
- brownish-purple flowers, dark purple stems covered with downy hair, and biternate basal leaves. The specific epithet nigricans means "blackish" or "swarthy"...
- Arizona. Aquilegia longissima grows to 25–90 cm (9.8–35.4 in) tall, with biternate basal leaves measuring 20–45 cm (7.9–17.7 in) across, usually shorter...
- white hairs especially crowded along the veins, and the lower leaves are biternate. Yellow to white flowers, 10–13 cm across, appear from April to June....
- glandular-pubescent hairs. The leaves are biternate or triternate (i.e. having three segments, each of which is biternate) and pubescent on both sides, with...
- reach between 14 cm (5.5 in) and 27 cm (11 in) long. These leaves are biternate, with each leaflet itself subdivided in three. The thin leaf blades of...
- covered by characteristic silvery, downy hairs. The basal leaves are biternate and covered with dense, light grey downy hairs, with leaflets of a rounded...
- compound leaves that usually have three leaflets on three components (biternate), but occasionally may be simpler with just three leaflets (trifoliate)...