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pinnate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pinnate \Pin"nate\, Pinnated \Pin"na*ted\, a. [L. pinnatus feathered, fr pinna a feather. See {Pin} a peg, {Pen} feather.] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See {Abruptly pinnate}, and Illust., under {Abruptly}. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. {Pinnated grouse} (Zo["o]l.), the prairie chicken. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pinnate adj : of a leaf shape; featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis [syn: {pinnated}]
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