Multipartitus
/mul-tih-par-TY-tus/🏷️ Taxonomy●●● Advanced
Also known as: multipartita, multipartitum
A structural epithet describing a leaf, flower, or other organ that is divided into many distinct parts or segments. More emphatic than simply lobatus or dissectus — implying a thorough division into numerous, clearly separated parts. Appears as multipartitus (masculine), multipartita (feminine), or multipartitum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin multus (many) + partitus, past participle of partire (to divide), meaning "divided into many parts."
Example
“Geranium multipartitum and Ranunculus multipartitus both have the characteristic very deeply divided, many-segmented leaves that approach a fully compound structure — the epithet recording the completeness of this division.”