decompound
Americanadjective
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(of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
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made up of one or more compounds
verb
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a less common word for decompose
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obsolete to mix with or form from one or more compounds
Other Word Forms
- undecompounded adjective
Etymology
Origin of decompound
First recorded in 1605–15; de- + compound 1
Example Sentences
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We have this advantage in the analysis of atmospherical air, being able both to decompound it, and to form it a new in the most satisfactory manner.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
But if the division goes still further, or if the degree is variable, we simply say that the leaf is decompound; either palmately or pinnately decompound, as the case may be.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Culm 3–6° high; leaves about 6´´ wide; cymes decompound, diffuse; bristles awl-shaped, stout, unequal, shorter than the achene.—Wet places, Penn. to Fla., west to S. Ind. and Mo. 14.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
June–Aug. S. Sóphia, L. A similar hoary species, with decompound leaves; pods slender, 6–15´´ long, ascending; seeds 1-ranked.—Sparingly naturalized from Europe.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Stems pinnately decompound, densely tufted, glaucous, 2–6´ long; leaves nearly uniform; underleaves subquadrate, as wide as the stem.—Among mosses in swamps; common.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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