adjective Botany.
- pinnate, as a leaf, with the divisions also pinnate.
adjective
- (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
- Relating to compound leaves that grow opposite each other on a larger stem; twice-compound or twice-pinnate. Bipinnate leaves have a feathery appearance. The acacia, coffeetree, and silktree have bipinnate leaves.