pinnate

Etymology

From Latin pinnātus (“feathered”), from pinna (“feather”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪnˈneɪt/

Adjective

pinnate (comparative more pinnate, superlative most pinnate)

1. Resembling a feather.
2. (botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis

   Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.

   The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.

3. (zoology) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

   the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken

Adjective

pinnāte

1. vocative masculine singular of pinnātus