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pinnate

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Adjective

HYPHEN

pin=nate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective pinnate has 1 sense

pinnate(s = adj.all) pinnated - (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis; Array

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pinnate, a. [L. pinnatus feathered, fr. pinna a feather. See Pin a peg, Pen feather.].

Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly. [1913 Webster]
Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. [1913 Webster]

Pinnated grouse (Zoöl.), the prairie chicken.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pinnate, adj.
1 (of a compound leaf) having leaflets arranged on either side of the stem, usu. in pairs opposite each other.
2 having branches, tentacles, etc., on each side of an axis.

Derivative

pinnated adj. pinnately adv. pinnation n.

Etymology

L pinnatus feathered (as PINNA)

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