pinnate

IPA: pˈɪnɪt

adjective

  • Resembling a feather.
  • (botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
  • (zoology) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
  • (zoology) Having wings or fins.
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Examples of "pinnate" in Sentences

  • They can be pinnate or bipinnate.
  • The leaves are pinnate, not palmate.
  • The stems are pinnately lobed and spiny.
  • Leaves pinnate and alternate on the stem.
  • Pinnate veins are indistinct and reticulate.
  • Leaves are pinnate and alternate on the stem.
  • Leaves are pinnate or bipinnate, with leaflets.
  • Leaves are not the only things that are pinnate.
  • The fronds are simply pinnate to pinnate pinnatifid.
  • The pinnate leaves with opposite leaflets giving a billowing effect in the wind.

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