pinnate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/pɪnˈneɪt/

Definition of pinnate

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Resembling a feather.
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adj

  1. Resembling a feather.
  2. 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. Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
    “the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken”
  4. Having wings or fins.

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Etymology

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

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