a division of a usually pinnately divided leaf
plant noun (plants and fungi)
pinnules
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(denoting one of the sights of an astrolabe): from Latin pinnula "small wing",...
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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 ... (27 of 213 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
[botany] Any of the ultimate leaflets of a bipinnately compound leaf. | [zoology] A featherlike or plumelike organ or part, such as a small fin, or ... (25 of 58 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
[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 ... (28 of 57 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
a secondary division of a pinnate leaf, especially of a fern. | [zoology] a part or organ like a small wing or fin, especially a side branch on the ... (28 of 56 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
any of the smallest divisions of a leaf which is doubly compound, especially in ferns | any of the lateral branches of the arm of a crinoid (26 of 46 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
any of the secondary branches of a plumose organ especially of a crinoid | one of the ultimate divisions of a twice pinnate leaf (23 of 44 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
Any of the ultimate leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf; a subleaflet. (13 of 15 words)
can refer to: Pinna (anatomy), the outer part of the ear - also referred to as the auricle | Pinna (genus), a genus of bivalve molluscs also known as "pen shells" | In botany the pinnae are the divisions of a compound frond, analogous to the leaflets... (45 of 133 words, 7 definitions)
the part of your ear that is on the outside of your head (13 of 41 words, pronunciation)
a piece of paper which gives you information or advertises something (11 of 32 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
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to give out leaflets to people (6 of 26 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
a small fin or fin-shaped part of an organ or organism | a small division or lobe of a leaf that has a central axis with parts branching off it (29 of 72 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
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First use: late 16th century
Origin: (denoting one of the sights of an astrolabe): from Latin pinnula "small wing", diminutive of pinna
Origin: Modern Latin pinnula from Latin, diminutive of pinna, wing, feather: see "pen"
Origin: Latin pinnula, diminutive of pinna, feather; see pet- in Indo-European roots.
First use: 16th century
Origin: from Latin pinnula, diminutive of pinna feather
First use: 1748
Origin: New Latin pinnula, from Latin, diminutive of pinna
First use: Late 16th century
Origin: Latin pinnula "little feather" from pinna "feather"
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