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Webster 1913 Edition


Pinnatifid

Pin-nat′i-fid

,
Adj.
[L.
pinnatus
feathered + root of
findere
to split: cf. F.
pinnatifide
.]
(Bot.)
Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pinnatifid

PIN'NATIFID

,
Adj.
[L. pinna, a fether, and findo, to cleave.]
In botany, fether-cleft. A pinnatifid leaf is a species of simple leaf, divided transversely by oblong horizontal segments or jags, not extending to the mid rib.

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pinnatifid

pinnatifid

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pinnatifid (not comparable)

  1. (botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the midrib.

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