pennati-
combining form of L. pennātus pennate, as in pennatifid, pennatilobate, pennatipartite, pennatisect, -sected adjs. = pinnatifid, etc., q.v.
| 1783 Justamond tr. Raynal's Hist. Indies I. 293 Large pennatified [sic] leaves. 1857 Mayne Expos. Lex. 900/2 Pennatifid..Pennatipartite..Pennatisected. 1875 Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 130/1 The tentacles become flattened and serrated at the edges, or take on a..pennatifid character. |