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.
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2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
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It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts.
--Hazlitt.
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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.
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2. (Bot.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or
stem; decomposite.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Decompound \De`com*pound"\, n.
A decomposite.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
decompound
adj 1: of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are
themselves compound