pinnate

2 definitions found

pinnate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. (Zool.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each
        side of the neck.
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     Pinnated grouse (Zool.), the prairie chicken.
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pinnate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pinnate
      adj 1: (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each
             side of a common axis [syn: pinnate, pinnated]