pinnatifid

1. 1.

   (of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets

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Questions about pinnatifid

What does pinnatifid mean?

pinnatifid means "(of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets".

How many syllables are in pinnatifid?

pinnatifid has 4 syllables and divides as pin-na-ti-fid under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pinnatifid a common word?

pinnatifid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.