adjective
- having leaflets or parts arranged on opposite sides of a stem or axis, like a feather
Usage: botanical term
Examples
- The rose bush has pinnate leaves with several small leaflets.
- Ash trees are easily identified by their pinnate leaf structure.
- The botanist pointed out the pinnate arrangement of the fern fronds.
- Many legumes have pinnate compound leaves.
- The walnut tree’s pinnate leaves turn yellow in autumn.
- Students learned to distinguish between pinnate and palmate leaf patterns.