pinnate : Idioms & Phrases
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Abruptly pinnate
(Bot.) , pinnate without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end.
Webster 1913
abruptly-pinnate
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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
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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.
Webster 1913
even-pinnate
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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
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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.
Webster 1913
odd-pinnate
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adjective satellite (a leaf shape) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex
imparipinnate.
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odd-pinnate leaf
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noun a pinnate leaf with a single leaflet at the apex
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pinnate leaf
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noun a leaf resembling a feather; having the leaflets on each side of a common axis
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pinnate-leafed
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adjective satellite having pinnate leaves
pinnate-leafed.
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pinnate-leaved
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adjective satellite having pinnate leaves
pinnate-leafed.
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Pinnated grouse
(Zoöl.) , the prairie chicken.
Webster 1913
twice-pinnate
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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.
