Definition for BI-PEN'NATE, or BI-PEN'NA-TED

BI-PEN'NATE, or BI-PEN'NA-TED, a. [L. bis, and penna, a wing or feather.]

  1. Having two wings.
  2. In botany, having pinnate leaves on each side of the petiole, as a leaf or frond. – Martyn.

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