pinnatifid

American  

[pi-nat-uh-fid] / pɪˈnæt ə fɪd /

adjective

Botany.

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

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pinnatifid British  

/ pɪˈnætɪfɪd /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• pinnatifidly adverb

Etymology

Origin of pinnatifid

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

Example Sentences

Achenes oblong, flattish, not ribbed; pappus of numerous bristles united into a ring at the base, plumose to the middle, deciduous.—Herbs, mostly biennial, with sessile alternate leaves, often pinnatifid, prickly.

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A bipinnatifid leaf is a pinnatifid leaf having its segments or divisions also pinnatifid.

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Lyrate, lyre-shaped; pinnatifid with the terminal lobe large and rounded, and one or more of the lower pairs small.

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Lyrate, lyre-shaped; a pinnatifid leaf of an obovate or spatulate outline, the end-lobe large and roundish, and the lower lobes small, as in fig.

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Branch reduced about a 6th natural size, with cuneate-ovate pinnatifid leaves, male flowers in a club-shaped deciduous catkin, and female flowers in rounded clusters.

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