PEN'NANT PEN'NATE PEN'NATED, adjective [Latin 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.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI