'Pinnate' definitions:
Definition of 'pinnate'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis [syn: pinnate, pinnated]
Definition of 'Pinnate'
From: GCIDE
- Pinnate \Pin"nate\, Pinnated \Pin"na*ted\, a. [L. pinnatus feathered, fr. pinna a feather. See Pin a peg, Pen feather.]
- 1. (Bot.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. [1913 Webster]
- Pinnated grouse (Zool.), the prairie chicken. [1913 Webster]