pinnate
adj/pɪnˈneɪt/
Etymology From Latin pinnātus (“feathered”), from pinna (“feather”).
1
Resembling a feather.
2
Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
- Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.
- The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.
3
Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
- the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken
- Synonyms
- pinnated
- Derived terms
- abruptly-pinnate, bipinnate, equally pinnate, even-pinnate, imparipinnate, multipinnate, nonpinnate, odd-pinnate, paripinnate, pluripinnate, quadripinnate, subpinnate, ternate-pinnate, tripinnate, tripinnated, unipinnate