Definition of pinna

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Pinna (n.) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.

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Pari- :: Pari- () A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate..
Pinnacled :: Pinnacled (imp. & p. p.) of Pinnacl.
Tor :: Tor (n.) High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.
Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (n.) Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
Pinnace :: Pinnace (n.) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne..
Pinnacling :: Pinnacling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinnacl.
Pinnae :: Pinnae (pl. ) of Pinn.
Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (n.) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc..
Pinna :: Pinna (n.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ.
Rowan Tree :: Rowan tree () A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia)..
Pepper Dulse :: Pepper dulse () A variety of edible seaweed (Laurencia pinnatifida) distinguished for its pungency.
Acacia :: Acacia (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates..
Tamarind :: Tamarind (n.) A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated..
Bipinnate :: Bipinnate (a.) Alt. of Bipinnate.
Pinnulate :: Pinnulate (a.) Having each pinna subdivided; -- said of a leaf, or of its pinnae..
Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (v. t.) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
Pennated :: Pennated (a.) Same as Pinnate.
Pinna :: Pinna (n.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear.
Squab :: Spyne (n.) See Pinnace, n., 1 (a)..
Catadromous :: Catadromous (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous..
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