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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To decompose.
  • To compound a second time; compound or form out of that which is already compound; form by a second composition.
  • noun A decomposite (which see).
  • Composed of things which are themselves compound; compounded a second time.
  • In botany, divided into a number of compound divisions, as a leaf or panicle; repeatedly cleft or cut into an indefinite number of unequal segments.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.
  • transitive verb To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
  • noun A decomposite.
  • adjective Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
  • adjective (Bot.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A decomposite.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound

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