pinnatifid

[Pref, pinnati-, and Latin fin do (pa. t. fid i )=to cleave.] Bot.: Divided into lobes from the margin nearly to the midrib. "A composite with pinnatifid , hairy leaves."-Gardeners' Chronicle , No. 410, p. 590. De Candolle limits it to leaves in which the lobes are divided down to half the breadth of the IMG:content-1114.png:[blocks in formation] pinnati-, pinni, and Eng. nerved.] Bot . ( of a leaf ): Having the midrib running through it from the base to the apex, with lateral branches on each side. Eng. partite .] pin-nat-i-part-ite, adj . [Pref. pinnati- , and Bot .: Pinnatifid, with the lobes pre ing beyond the middle, and the parenchyma not interrupted. (De Candolle .)