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pinnated

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pin·nate  (pnt) also pin·nat·ed (-td)
adj.
Resembling a feather; having parts or branches arranged on each side of a common axis: a polyp with a pinnate form; pinnate leaves.
[Latin pinntus, feathered, from pinna, feather; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
pinnately adv.
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pinnate
top: simple pinnate leaf
bottom: bipinnate leaf
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Adj.1.pinnated - (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis
pinnate
compound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"
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