PINNATE


Meaning of PINNATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpi-ˌnāt ]

adjective

Etymology: New Latin pinnatus, from Latin, feathered, from pinna feather, wing, fin

Date: circa 1727

: resembling a feather especially in having similar parts arranged on opposite sides of an axis like the barbs on the rachis of a feather

a pinnate leaf

— see leaf illustration

• pin·nate·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.