Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, feather-veined. See
nervation . Alsopinnately nerved or veined.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pinnately veined or nerved.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, of a leaf Having the
nerves arranged on each side of themidriff like thebarbs of afeather
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Examples
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Pinnate-netted, penniribbed, penninerved, penniveined; the leaf has usually one main vein
Wikibooks - Recent changes [en] 196.46.245.35 2010
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