Get to know Pinnate better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like compound.
Pinnate meaning
- Resembling a feather.
- Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
- Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
Synonyms of Pinnate
Using Pinnate
- The main meaning on this page is: Resembling a feather. | Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis | Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
- Useful related words include: pinnated, compound.
- In the example corpus, pinnate often appears in combinations such as: pinnate leaves, are pinnate.
Context around Pinnate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pinnate
- In this selection, "pinnate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, compound, large, opposite, leaves and lobes stand out and add context to how "pinnate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are compound pinnate in general and cut into pinnate lobes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pinnate" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pinnate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The large and thick leaves are deeply cut into pinnate lobes. (11 words)
They can be simple or pinnately compound (either odd- or even-pinnate). (12 words)
Subfamily Nypoideae contains only one species, Nypa fruticans, citation which has large, pinnate leaves. (14 words)
In stony corals these are cylindrical and taper to a point, but in soft corals they are pinnate with side branches known as pinnules. (24 words)
Description Acacia fasciculifera seedling in the transitional stage between pinnate leaves and phyllodes The leaves of acacias are compound pinnate in general. (22 words)
All tribes have pinnate or bipinnate leaves and flowers arranged in groups of three, with a central pistillate and two staminate flowers. (22 words)
Example sentences (8)
Description Acacia fasciculifera seedling in the transitional stage between pinnate leaves and phyllodes The leaves of acacias are compound pinnate in general.
All tribes have pinnate or bipinnate leaves and flowers arranged in groups of three, with a central pistillate and two staminate flowers.
Description Leaf celery Celery leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets convert long and 2–4 cm broad.
In stony corals these are cylindrical and taper to a point, but in soft corals they are pinnate with side branches known as pinnules.
Subfamily Nypoideae contains only one species, Nypa fruticans, citation which has large, pinnate leaves.
The large and thick leaves are deeply cut into pinnate lobes.
The opposite, pinnate leaves are convert long, with 20 to 31 medium to dark green leaflets about convert long.
They can be simple or pinnately compound (either odd- or even-pinnate).
Common combinations with pinnate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: