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Pinnate leaf   Listen
Pinnate leaf

noun
1.
A leaf resembling a feather; having the leaflets on each side of a common axis.



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abruptly-pinnate leaf
bipinnate leaf
even-pinnate leaf
odd-pinnate leaf


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"Pinnate leaf" Quotes from Famous Books



... the substances near which they live. Some moths are mottled so as to mimic the bark of trees, or moss, or the surface of stones. One beautiful tropical butterfly has a dark wing on which are painted a series of green leaf tips, so that it closely resembles the edge of a pinnate leaf projecting out ...
— The Beauties of Nature - and the Wonders of the World We Live In • Sir John Lubbock


Words linked to "Pinnate leaf" :   bijugate leaf, bijugous leaf, compound leaf, twice-pinnate


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