Pinnatifid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pinnatifid \Pin*nat"i*fid\, a. [L. pinnatus feathered + root of
     findere to split: cf. F. pinnatifide.] (Bot.)
     Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching
     to the midrib.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pinnatifid
       adj : of a leaf shape; cleft nearly to the midrib in broad
             divisions not separated into distinct leaflets