PINNATE LEAF
Dictionary entry overview: What does pinnate leaf mean? • PINNATE LEAF (noun)
The noun PINNATE LEAF has 1 sense:
1. a leaf resembling a feather; having the leaflets on each side of a common axis
Familiarity information: PINNATE LEAF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PINNATE LEAF (noun)
Meaning:
A leaf resembling a feather; having the leaflets on each side of a common axis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("pinnate leaf" is a kind of...):
compound leaf (a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pinnate leaf"):
bijugate leaf; bijugous leaf; twice-pinnate (a pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets)
bipinnate leaf (a leaf having pinnate leaflets; as ferns)
abruptly-pinnate leaf; even-pinnate leaf (a pinnate leaf with a pair of leaflets at the apex)
odd-pinnate leaf (a pinnate leaf with a single leaflet at the apex)
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