pinnule (English, noun)
expansion: pinnule (plural pinnules)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the ultimate leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf; a subleaflet.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: pinnules
tags: plural