pinnatipartite

/ pɪˌnætɪˈpɑːtaɪt /

adjective

(of leaves) pinnately divided into lobes reaching just over halfway to the midrib

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Thus leaves may be called pinnatifid, pinnatipartite, pinnatisect, pinnatilobate, palmatifid, palmatipartite, &c., and each of these words designates different combinations of the modes and extent of the divisions of the leaf with the divisions of its outline.