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pinnate definition

pin·nate (pin′āt′, -it)

adjective

  1. resembling a feather
  2. Bot.
    1. with leaflets on each side of a common axis in a featherlike arrangement
    2. with a pattern of leaf veins resembling the structure of a feather

Etymology: ModL pinnatus < L < pinna, feather, fin: see pen

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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