pinnule

English

Etymology

From Latin pinnula.

Noun

pinnule (plural pinnules)

(botany) Any of the ultimate leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf; a subleaflet.
(zoology) 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.

Synonyms

(subleaflet): pinnula

Estonian

Noun

pinnule

allative singular of pind

French

Noun

pinnule f (plural pinnules)

pinnule

Further reading

“pinnule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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