Emily Dickinson Lexicon
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.]
- Having two wings.
- In botany, having pinnate leaves on each side of the petiole, as a leaf or frond. – Martyn.
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