pinnatifid

[ pi-nat-uh-fid ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. (of a leaf ) pinnately cleft, with clefts reaching halfway or more to the midrib.

pinnatifid

/ pɪˈnætɪfɪd /

adjective

1. (of leaves) pinnately divided into lobes reaching more than halfway to the midrib

Derived Forms

• pinˈnatifidly, adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinnatifid¹

From the New Latin word pinnātifidus, dating back to 1745–55. See pinnati-, -fid

Example Sentences

The leaves are sessile and pinnatifid, with very narrow segments, and the white flowers grow in solitary heads.

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This is another of the downy species, its pinnatifid leaves having quite a woolly appearance.

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It differs from the last in having ternate radical leaves with pinnatifid lobes, and the upper leaves, bi-pinnatifid.

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They are usually twice pinnatifid, the pinnules being connected by a very narrow foliaceous border along the midribs.

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Traillæ, which has “very large bipinnate fronds, all the pinnules pinnatifid.”

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