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de·com·pound1  audio  (d-kmpound, dkm-pound) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Compounded or consisting of things or parts that are already compound.
  2. Botany Having or consisting of divisions that are themselves once or several times compound; bipinnate: a decompound leaf.



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