imparipinnate, a. Bot.
(-ˈpɪnət)
Also -pennate.
[ad. mod.L. imparipinnātus (Linnæus, 1751): cf. prec. and pinnate.]
Pinnate (as a leaf) with an odd terminal leaflet.
| 1847 in Craig. 1870 Bentley Bot. 162 When a pinnate leaf ends in a single leaflet, it is impari-pinnate or unequally pinnate. 1876 Harley Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 665 Leaves exstipulate, imparipinnate. |