pinnate

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/pɪnˈneɪt/

adjective

Resembling a feather.

“Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.”

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OriginLatin pinnātus →
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Meanings

adjectivepinnate (comparative more pinnate, superlative most pinnate)

comparative more pinnate · superlative most pinnate

  1. Resembling a feather.
  2. biologyHaving two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis

    Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.

    1 more example

    The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.

  3. biologyHaving a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

    the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken

  4. biologyHaving wings or fins.

Synonyms & antonyms

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pinnated

adjective(of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis

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pinnated

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinpinnātus“feathered”
  2. Englishpinnate

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

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Translations

Bulgarian перест, криловиден
  • перест (perest)resembling a feather
  • криловиден (kriloviden)having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck
Finnish sulkamainen, pariliuskainen
  • sulkamainenresembling a feather
  • pariliuskainenhaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
  • pariosainenhaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
  • parilehdykkäinenhaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
  • sulkasuoninenhaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
French penné
  • pennéhaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
German gefiedert, federartig
  • gefiedertresembling a feather
  • federartigresembling a feather
  • paarig gefiederthaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
  • gefiederthaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
  • fiederblättrighaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
  • Fieder-having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
Māori mata raukura
  • mata raukurahaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
Portuguese pinado, penado
  • pinadohaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
  • penadohaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis
Tagalog sangahan
  • sangahanhaving two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pinnate

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Anagrams

piannetpentina
Cite this entry
APA

pinnate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinnate

MLA

“pinnate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinnate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinnate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinnate.

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