Definition of Pinnations

1. pinnation [n] - See also: pinnation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinnations

pinnaces
pinnacle
pinnacled
pinnacles
pinnacling
pinnae
pinnal
pinnas
pinnate
pinnate leaf
pinnated
pinnately
pinnatifid
pinnatilobate
pinnation
pinnations (current term)
pinnatipartite
pinnatiped
pinnatipeds
pinnatisect
pinned
pinner
pinners
pinnet
pinnets
pinnie
pinnies
pinniform
pinnigrada
pinnigrade

Literary usage of Pinnations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Geological Society of London by Geological Society of London (1856)
"The pinnations of the lobes are not deep, hence their margins are but slightly denticulated and the interspaces broad. Locality, Pondicherry. 2. ..."

2. On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher by Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict Hofmeister, Frederick Currey (1862)
"... fronds on these ramifications, correspond entirely with the pinnations of the blade of the frond. These latter are only distinguishable in their first ..."

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