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De - Pt| English Dictionary: pinnule | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for pinnule | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pinnule \Pin"nule\, n. [L. pinnula, dim. of pinna feather: cf. F. pinnule.] 1. (Bot.) One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. See Illust. of {Bipinnate leaf}, under {Bipinnate}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid. | |
