Associations to the word «Pinnate»

Pictures for the word «Pinnate»

Wiktionary

PINNATE, adjective. Resembling a feather.
PINNATE, adjective. (botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
PINNATE, adjective. (zoology) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

Dictionary definition

PINNATE, adjective. (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis.

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