Definition of pinna

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Pinna (n.) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.

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Paripinnate :: Paripinnate (a.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.
Wallaba :: Wallaba (n.) A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles..
Spinner :: Spinnaker (n.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind..
Penninerved :: Penninerved (a.) Pinnately veined or nerved.
Acacia :: Acacia (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates..
Tripinnatifid :: Tripinnatifid (a.) Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid..
Pinnace :: Pinnace (n.) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne..
Pinnatiped :: Pinnatiped (n.) Any bird which has the toes bordered by membranes.
Bipinnatifid :: Bipinnatifid (a.) Doubly pinnatifid.
Pinna :: Pinna (n.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear.
Pinnage :: Pinnage (n.) Poundage of cattle. See Pound.
Pinnet :: Pinnet (n.) A pinnacle.
Pinna :: Pinna (n.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ.
Pinnately :: Pinnately (adv.) In a pinnate manner.
Pinna :: Pinna (n.) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate..
Trijugate :: Trijugate (a.) In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets..
Finial :: Finial (n.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself..
Pinnatilobate :: Pinnatilobate (a.) Having lobes arranged in a pinnate manner.
Quadrijugous :: Quadrijugous (a.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf..
Pennated :: Pennated (a.) Same as Pinnate.
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