( a. )
Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.
( a. )
Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012