pinnatisect

1. 1.

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

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Questions about pinnatisect

What does pinnatisect mean?

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

How many syllables are in pinnatisect?

pinnatisect has 4 syllables and divides as pin-na-ti-sect 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 pinnatisect a common word?

pinnatisect 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.