Pinnate Synonyms

pĭnāt
(of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis
Synonyms:
  1. pennaceous
  2. penniform
  3. pinnated
  4. pinniform
  5. plumaceous
  6. plumiform

Words Related to Pinnate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. mid-green
  2. lance-shaped
  3. lanceolate
  4. bract
  5. lobed
  6. stalkless
  7. inflorescence
  8. strap-shaped
  9. scale-like
  10. trifoliate
  11. panicle

Pinnate Sentence Examples

  • Its broad pinnate tropical leaf was pleasant though strange to look on.

  • P. phegopteris (beechfern) is a graceful species with a black, slender root-stock, from which the pinnate fronds rise on long stalks, generally about 12 in.

  • When the pinnate leaf of a Mimosa pudica, the so-called sensitive plant, is pinched or struck, the leaf droops rapidly and the leaflets become approximated together, so that their upper surfaces are in contact.

  • In these plants the laminae or blades of the leaves are pinnate or bipinnate and are produced at the FIG.

  • In Lathyrus Aphaca and some other plants the true pinnate leaves are abortive, the petiole forms a tendril, and the stipules alone are developed, perform ing the office of leaves.

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