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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Decompound \De`com*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decompounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Decompounding.] [Pref. de- (intens. in sense 1) + compound, v. t.] 1. To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time. [1913 Webster] 2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. [1913 Webster] It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Decompound \De`com*pound"\, a. [Pref. de- (intens.) + compound, a.] 1. Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Decompound \De`com*pound"\, n. A decomposite. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

decompound adj 1: of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound