NOUN | plant | pinnate leaf | a leaf resembling a feather |
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Meaning | A leaf resembling a feather; having the leaflets on each side of a common axis. | |
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Narrower | bijugate leaf, bijugous leaf, twice-pinnate | A pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets |
bipinnate leaf | A leaf having pinnate leaflets | |
even-pinnate leaf, abruptly-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 | |
Broader | compound leaf | A leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk |
Spanish | hoja pinnaticompuesta | |
Catalan | fulla pinnaticomposta |
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