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pinnatisect

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pin·nat·i·sect  (p-nt-skt)
adj.
Divided pinnately nearly to the midrib. Used of certain leaves.

pinnatisect [pɪˈnætɪˌsɛkt]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of leaves) pinnately divided almost to the midrib but not into separate leaflets
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Adj.1.pinnatisect - (of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divisions not separated into distinct leaflets
compound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"


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5 cm x 17 mm, erect, lacking petioles, sterile laminae lanceolate, pinnatisect with a slightly elongate apical pinna; sterile pinnae 15-17 pairs, to 10 x 4 mm, at ca.
Pleopeltis oreophila differs from that species by having laminar and rhizome scales with bifid marginal teeth, darker petioles, more elongate and deeply pinnatisect laminae with more widely spaced pinnae (4-10 pairs in P.
 
 
 
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