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Pinnas :: Pinnas (pl. ) of Pinn.

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

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..

Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (n.) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc..

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

Pinnace :: Pinnace (n.) A man-of-war's boat.

Pinna :: Pinna (n.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear.

Pinnatiped :: Pinnatiped (n.) Any bird which has the toes bordered by membranes.

Pinnet :: Pinnet (n.) A pinnacle.

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

Runcinate :: Runcinate (a.) Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion..

Sapindus :: Sapindus (n.) A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces..

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..

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..

Pinnatifid :: Pinnatifid (a.) Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib..

Pinnacling :: Pinnacling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinnacl.

Pepper Dulse :: Pepper dulse () A variety of edible seaweed (Laurencia pinnatifida) distinguished for its pungency.

Wing-leaved :: Wing-leaved (a.) Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves.

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..

Spinner :: Spinnaker (n.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind..

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