PEN'NATED, a. [L.pennatus, winged, from penna, a quill or wing.]
1. Winged.2. In botany, a pennate leaf is a compound leaf in which a simple petiole has several leaflets attached to each side of it. [See Pinnate.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.