PINNULE


Meaning of PINNULE in English

noun one of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. ·see ·illust. of bipinnate leaf, under bipinnate.

2. pinnule ·noun any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid.

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