pinnately compound leaf

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In angiosperm: Leaves
…end of the petiole; in pinnately compound leaves, a row of leaflets forms on either side of an extension of the petiole called the rachis. Some pinnately compound leaves branch again, developing a second set of pinnately compound leaflets (bipinnately compound). The many degrees of compoundness in highly elaborated leaves,…
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