biternate, a.
(baɪˈtɜːneɪt)
[f. bi- prefix2 3 + ternate.]
Doubly or subordinately ternate; see quot. 1870. Hence biˈternately adv.
| 1794 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxi. 304. 1870 Bentley Bot. 166 If the common petiole divides at its apex into 3 partial ones, each of which bears 3 leaflets, the leaf is termed biternate. 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 167 Leaves biternately pinnate. |