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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

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


The 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. [1913 Webster] Pinnated grouse (Zool.), the prairie chicken. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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