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pinnate

adj
/pɪnˈneɪt/

Etymology

From Latin pinnātus (“feathered”), from pinna (“feather”).

  1. derived from pinnātus — “feathered”

Definitions

  1. Resembling a feather.

  2. Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common…

    Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis

    • Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.
    • The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.

  3. Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

    • the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Having wings or fins.

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Derived

abruptly-pinnate, bipinnate, equally pinnate, even-pinnate, imparipinnate, multipinnate, nonpinnate, odd-pinnate, paripinnate, pluripinnate, quadripinnate, subpinnate, ternate-pinnate, tripinnate, tripinnated, unipinnate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA