Definition of Pinnate. Meaning of Pinnate. Synonyms of Pinnate

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Definition of Pinnate

Pinnate
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.

Meaning of Pinnate from wikipedia

- Look up pinnation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pinnation (also called pennation) is the arrangement of feather-like or multi-divided features arising...
- leaf blade, or compound, with several leaflets. Compound leaves may be pinnate with pinnae (leaflets) on both sides of a rachis (axis), or may be palmate...
- 12, p. 468) 1. Pinnate (feather-veined, reticulate, pinnate-netted, penniribbed, penninerved, or penniveined) The veins arise pinnately (feather like)...
- Bidens variabilis (Willd.) Baill. Dahlia barkeriae Knowles & Westc. Dahlia crocata Lag. Dahlia rosea Cav. Dahlia variabilis (Willd.) Desf. pinnate dahlia...
- The pinnated bittern (Botaurus pinnatus), also known as the South American bittern, is a large member of the heron family (Ardeidae) found in the New World...
- morphology are palmate and pinnate. For example, a hemp plant has palmate compound leaves, whereas some species of Acacia have pinnate leaves. The ultimate...
- simple (undivided), pinnatifid (deeply incised, but not truly compound), pinnate (compound with the leaflets arranged along a rachis to resemble a feather)...
- meaning "of India". The leaves are alternate, 15–40 cm (5.9–15.7 in) long, pinnate (except in S. oahuensis, which has simple leaves), with 14-30 leaflets...
- native to South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia. It has smooth bark, pinnate leaves with up to seven egg-shaped to elliptical leaflets, fragrant white...
- flowers in axillary, not terminal, racemes. The leaves are alternate, pinnate, with nine to 21 leaflets, and the flowers in pendulous racemes similar...