PINNATE LEAF

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 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)

Sense 1

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)