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odd-pinnate

British  

adjective

  1. (of a plant leaf) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex

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Botanical Description.—A tree 30–40 meters high, with leaves alternate, odd-pinnate; leaflets opposite, coriaceous.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Trees, with close or scaly bark, odd-pinnate leaves and serrate leaflets.

From The Pecan and its Culture by Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)

Leaves irregularly about twice odd-pinnate; the leaflets lanceolate; quite a low plant with few heavy-tipped branches; plant without prickles 27. Rhus. r.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Leaves quite regularly twice odd-pinnate; leaflets about 1 in. long; juice not milky; fruit rounded berries in large clusters; plant not prickly; branchlets not heavy-tipped 15. Melia. r.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets less than 3 in. long, frequently 11-21 in number; often with spines at the bases of the leaves in the place of stipules 12. Xanthoxylumor 31. Robinia.    u.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)