pinnate leaf

Other forms: pinnate leaves

Definitions of pinnate leaf
  1. noun
    a leaf resembling a feather; having the leaflets on each side of a common axis
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    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
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    compound leaf
    a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk
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