bipalmate, a. Bot.
(baɪˈpælmeɪt)
[f. bi- prefix2 3 + palmate, f. L. palma palm (of the hand).]
Doubly or subordinately palmate: applied to compound leaves having a palmate arrangement on secondary petioles which are themselves palmately arranged on the primary petiole.
| 1864 in Webster. 1878 Masters Henfrey's Bot. 63 Bi- or tripalmate leaves are very rare (Araliaceæ). |