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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.

pinnate top: simple pinnate leaf bottom: bipinnate leaf

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pinnate [ˈpɪneɪt ˈpɪnɪt], pinnated

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) like a feather in appearance

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of compound leaves) having the leaflets growing opposite each other in pairs on either side of the stem

[from Latin pinnātus, from pinna feather]

pinnately  adv

pinnation  n

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pinnate  (pnt) Having parts or divisions arranged on each side of a common axis in the manner of a feather. Ash, hickory, and walnut trees have pinnate leaves.

pinnate detail of a white ash (Fraxinus americana) tree

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

pinnate - (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis pinnated compound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"

Translations

pinnate

adj (Bot) → gefiedert