pinnate : Idioms & Phrases


Abruptly pinnate

  • (Bot.), pinnate without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end.
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abruptly-pinnate

  • adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex
    paripinnate; abruptly-pinnate.
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abruptly-pinnate leaf

  • noun a pinnate leaf with a pair of leaflets at the apex
    abruptly-pinnate leaf.
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Decursively pinnate

  • (Bot.), having the leaflets decurrent, or running along the petiole; said of a leaf.
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even-pinnate

  • adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex
    paripinnate; abruptly-pinnate.
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even-pinnate leaf

  • noun a pinnate leaf with a pair of leaflets at the apex
    abruptly-pinnate leaf.
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Interruptedly pinnate

  • (Bot.), pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with large ones.
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odd-pinnate

  • adjective satellite (a leaf shape) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex
    imparipinnate.
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odd-pinnate leaf

  • noun a pinnate leaf with a single leaflet at the apex
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pinnate leaf

  • noun a leaf resembling a feather; having the leaflets on each side of a common axis
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pinnate-leafed

  • adjective satellite having pinnate leaves
    pinnate-leafed.
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pinnate-leaved

  • adjective satellite having pinnate leaves
    pinnate-leafed.
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Pinnated grouse

  • (Zoöl.), the prairie chicken.
Webster 1913

twice-pinnate

  • noun a pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets
    bijugous leaf; bijugate leaf.
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Unequally pinnate

  • (Bot.), pinnate, but with an odd number of leaflets.
Webster 1913