Pinnate vs Pinate - What's the difference?
pinnate | pinate |
Resembling a feather.
(botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
(zoology) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
As an adjective pinnate
is resembling a feather.As a noun pinate is
(chemistry) a salt or ester of pinic acid.pinnate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Mimosa is a tree with pinnate leaves.
- The trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.
- the pinnate grouse, or prairie chicken