Definition of Pinnatisect

1. Adjective. (of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divisions not separated into distinct leaflets.

Similar to: Compound

Definition of Pinnatisect

1. Adjective. (botany of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend almost, or up to midrib. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Pinnatisect

1. Dissected down to the midrib but having the segments confluent with it. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinnatisect

pinnacling
pinnae
pinnal
pinnas
pinnate
pinnate leaf
pinnated
pinnately
pinnatifid
pinnatilobate
pinnation
pinnations
pinnatipartite
pinnatiped
pinnatipeds
pinnatisect (current term)
pinned
pinner
pinners
pinnet
pinnets
pinnie
pinnies
pinniform
pinnigrada
pinnigrade
pinnigrades
pinning
pinnings
pinniped

Literary usage of Pinnatisect

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... minutely denticulate: fls. smaller. W. China. ALFRED REHDER. Leaves frequently pinnatisect, the ... Typically 2 ft. high: Ivs. 1-2-pinnatisect; ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"They vary considerably in height, but arc all characterized by absence of spines, ridged trunks, pinnatisect leaves in a terminal crown or rosette, ..."

3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"pinnatisect; lobes 7, in three opposite pairs and an odd terminal one. ... Lyrate-pinnatisect with a terminal, large, rotund lobe and two pairs of much ..."

4. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Opposite, pinnatisect, with two alternate pairs of lateral segments and a ... pinnatisect with linear, entire, cuspidate segments, channelled on the upper ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The genera chiefly known to horticulturists are the following: TRIBE \ i;nr.i-. la», pinnatisect, Hie leaflets free or joined so as to form a plaited limb, ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... minutely denticulate: fls. smaller. W. China. ALFRED REHDER. Leaves frequently pinnatisect, the ... Typically 2 ft. high: Ivs. 1-2-pinnatisect; ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"They vary considerably in height, but arc all characterized by absence of spines, ridged trunks, pinnatisect leaves in a terminal crown or rosette, ..."

8. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"pinnatisect; lobes 7, in three opposite pairs and an odd terminal one. ... Lyrate-pinnatisect with a terminal, large, rotund lobe and two pairs of much ..."

9. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Opposite, pinnatisect, with two alternate pairs of lateral segments and a ... pinnatisect with linear, entire, cuspidate segments, channelled on the upper ..."

10. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The genera chiefly known to horticulturists are the following: TRIBE \ i;nr.i-. la», pinnatisect, Hie leaflets free or joined so as to form a plaited limb, ..."

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