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...
- 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....
- brownish-purple flowers, dark purple stems covered with downy hair, and biternate basal leaves. The specific epithet nigricans means "blackish" or "swarthy"...
- bitegmic (of an ovule) Covered by two integuments. Contrast unitegmic. biternate Ternate, with each division divided into three. bivalve Having two valves...
- Aquilegia are generally ternate (each leaf dividing in three leaflets), biternate (each leaf dividing into three components that in turn each bear three...
- 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...
- lightly grooved, and it is branched at the top. The leaves are quite large, biternate, and petiolated, with a prominent central rib. The leaflets are ovate...
- 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...
- just 9–37 cm (4–15 in) tall. They are compound leaves that are usually biternate, having nine leaflets in total in groups of three. However, occasionally...
- plant growing up to 65 cm (2 ft 2 in) tall. The basal leaves are large, biternate or bipinnate. The leaflets are more-or-less toothed. The flowers are white...