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pinnated
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective pinnated has 1 sense
- pinnated(s = adj.all) pinnate - (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
- 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]
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