pinnate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having leaflets, lobes, veins, or branches arranged in two rows along a central axis

   The ash tree has pinnate leaves with paired leaflets along each stalk.

2. 2
   adj

   resembling a feather in form or arrangement

   The fossil preserved a delicate pinnate structure around its stem.

Common collocations

• pinnate leaf Adjective + noun

From Latin pinnatus ("feathered, winged"), from pinna ("feather, wing"). Botany extended the feather image to leaves and other structures whose parts are set along both sides of a common axis.

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