Pinnule

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. ·see ·Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.

II. Pinnule ·noun Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid.