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Pinnate

//pɪnˈneɪt// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a feather.
  2. 2
    Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis

    "Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves."

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

    "the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken"

  4. 4
    Having wings or fins.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis wordnet

Etymology

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

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