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Pinnace :: Pinnace (n.) A procuress; a pimp.

Bipinnaria :: Bipinnaria (n.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage.

Pinnage :: Pinnage (n.) Poundage of cattle. See Pound.

Imparipinnate :: Imparipinnate (a.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.

Pinna :: Pinna (n.) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate..

Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (n.) Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.

Pinnated :: Pinnated (a.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

Catadromous :: Catadromous (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous..

Quadrijugous :: Quadrijugous (a.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf..

Trijugate :: Trijugate (a.) In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets..

Pinnulate :: Pinnulate (a.) Having each pinna subdivided; -- said of a leaf, or of its pinnae..

Tripennate :: Tripennate (a.) Same as Tripinnate.

Unijugate :: Unijugate (a.) Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.

Barque :: Barque (n.) Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind..

Knop :: Knop (n.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp..

Needle :: Needle (n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc..

Bipinnatifid :: Bipinnatifid (a.) Doubly pinnatifid.

Jugum :: Jugum (n.) A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

Penninerved :: Penninerved (a.) Pinnately veined or nerved.

Rowan Tree :: Rowan tree () A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia)..

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