pinnate

pin·nate Audio Help (pĭn'āt')

adj. Resembling a feather; having parts or branches arranged on each side of a common axis: a polyp with a pinnate form; pinnate leaves.

[Latin pinnātus, feathered, from pinna, feather; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
pin'nate'ly adv.

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