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pinnatisect

[ pi-nat-uh-sekt ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. (of a leaf ) divided in a pinnate manner.


pinnatisect

/ ɪˈæɪˌɛ /

adjective

  1. (of leaves) pinnately divided almost to the midrib but not into separate leaflets
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of pinnatisect1

1855–60; pinnati- + -sect ( def )
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Thus leaves may be called pinnatifid, pinnatipartite, pinnatisect, pinnatilobate, palmatifid, palmatipartite, &c., and each of these words designates different combinations of the modes and extent of the divisions of the leaf with the divisions of its outline.

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Pinnatifid, Pinnatisect, same as pinnately cleft and pinnately parted, 56.

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Thus leaves may be called pinnatifid, pinnatipartite, pinnatisect, pinnatilobate, palmatifid, palmatipartite, etc., and each of these words designates different combinations of the modes and extent of the divisions of the leaf with the divisions of its outline.

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With the Compositæ, swarms of small Cruciferæ occur; that with purple flowers and pinnatisect leaves being the most common. 

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