decompound

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An introduced biennial, with spotted stems, and large decompound leaves.

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

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

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

I find decompound for compound in Heylyn's Microcosmos, 1627, p. 249., thus:—"The English language is a decompound of Dutch, French, and Latin."

From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various

Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; Ð said of a decompound leaf.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah