pinnatifid

[ pi-nat-uh-fid ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. (of a leaf ) pinnately cleft, with clefts reaching halfway or more to the midrib.

pinnatifid

/ pɪˈnætɪfɪd /

adjective

1. (of leaves) pinnately divided into lobes reaching more than halfway to the midrib

Derived Forms

• pinˈnatifidly, adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinnatifid¹

From the New Latin word pinnātifidus, dating back to 1745–55. See pinnati-, -fid

Example Sentences

Petals white, much longer than the calyx; pods ovoid or globular; leaves undivided, or the lower ones pinnatifid; root perennial.

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A bipinnatifid leaf is a pinnatifid leaf having its segments or divisions also pinnatifid.

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Lyrate, lyre-shaped; pinnatifid with the terminal lobe large and rounded, and one or more of the lower pairs small.

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Pectinate, pinnatifid or pinnately divided into narrow and close divisions, like the teeth of a comb.

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Branch reduced about a 6th natural size, with cuneate-ovate pinnatifid leaves, male flowers in a club-shaped deciduous catkin, and female flowers in rounded clusters.

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