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pinnule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
pin-nule
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the ultimate leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf; a subleaflet.

noun

A part or an organ which resembles the barb of a feather, particularly the side branches on the stalks of crinoids; Any of the lateral divisions of the finger-like stalks of an encrinite.

Etymology

From Latin pinnula.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

pinnules (plural)

Derived Forms

pinnulate

Synonyms

pinnula pinna

Questions

What does pinnule mean?
Any of the ultimate leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf; a subleaflet.
Where does pinnule come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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