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pinnule
[ pin-yool ]
noun
- Zoology.
- a part or organ resembling a barb of a feather, a fin, or the like.
- a finlet.
- Botany. a secondary pinna, one of the pinnately disposed divisions of a bipinnate leaf.
- a metal plate with a small hole in it, used as a sight in a quadrant.
pinnule
/ ˈpɪnjʊlə; ˈpɪnjuːl /
noun
- any of the lobes of a leaflet of a pinnate compound leaf, which is itself pinnately divided
- zoology any feather-like part, such as any of the arms of a sea lily
pinnule
/ pĭn′yo̅o̅l /
- Any of the smaller leaflets into which each leaflet of a bipinnately compound leaf is subdivided. The leaves of many ferns are divided into pinnules.
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Derived Forms
- ˈpinnular, adjective
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Other Words From
- pin·nu·lar [pin, -y, uh, -ler], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pinnule1
C16: from Latin pinnula, diminutive of pinna feather
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Example Sentences
Each pinnule has its edges so much recurved that the whole forms a sort of pouch, apparently filled with sporangia.
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They occur about midway between the central vein of the pinnule and the margin of the leaf.
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The sori are in the form of lines which branch out from the lower part of the pinnule in a fan-shaped manner.
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The sori are placed on small veins which grow outwards from the midrib of the pinnule.
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Sporangia in oblong sori under a reflexed tooth of a pinnule; indusium broad; rachis dark and shining.
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