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Pinnate

/PIN-ayt/
🍃 Leaf Shapes●● Intermediate

Also known as: feather-like

A compound leaf arrangement where leaflets are arranged along both sides of a central rachis, resembling the structure of a feather. Can be even-pinnate (ending in a pair) or odd-pinnate (ending in a single terminal leaflet).

Etymology

From Latin pinnatus, meaning "feathered," from pinna (feather).

Example

Ash trees have pinnate leaves with 5-9 paired leaflets along each rachis.