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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pinnate/ˈpɪneɪt/

▶adjective Botany & Zoology having leaflets or other parts arranged on either side of a stem or axis like the vanes of a feather.

– derivatives
pinnated adjective,
pinnately adverb,
pinnation /-ˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ noun.

– origin C18: from L. pinnatus ‘feathered’, from pinna, penna (see pinna).

'pinnate' also found in these Oxford entries:

bipinnate - pinna - pinnule

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