Pectinate

Pectinate [ Botany ]
Synonym: Comb-like

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In botany the term pectinate refers to an arrangement of parts resembling the teeth of a comb.

Mammillaria pectinifera the pectinate spines

Pectinate spines of
Mammillaria pectinifera

For example a plant organ, (usually leaves or spines) having the appearance of parallel teeth or segments arranged in regular, comb-like rows arising from a straight back, either single or double ranked.

From Latin "pecten" = a comb;

Pectinate (Paripinnate) leaf

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