pinnatisect

American

[pi-nat-uh-sekt] / pɪˈnæt əˌsɛkt /

adjective

Botany.

(of a leaf ) divided in a pinnate manner.

pinnatisect British

/ pɪˈnætɪˌsɛkt /

adjective

(of leaves) pinnately divided almost to the midrib but not into separate leaflets

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Etymology

Origin of pinnatisect

1855–60; pinnati- + -sect ( def. )

Example Sentences

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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.

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Pinnatifid, Pinnatisect, same as pinnately cleft and pinnately parted, 56.

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Thus leaves may be called pinnatifid, pinnatipartite, pinnatisect, pinnatilobate, palmatifid, palmatipartite, etc., 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.

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With the Compositæ, swarms of small Cruciferæ occur; that with purple flowers and pinnatisect leaves being the most common.

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