Associations to the word «Pinnate»
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Wiktionary
PINNATE, adjective. Resembling a feather.
PINNATE, adjective. (botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
PINNATE, adjective. (zoology) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
Dictionary definition
PINNATE, adjective. (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.