emarginate

[ ih-mahr-juh-neyt, -nit ]

adjective

1. notched at the margin.
2. Botany. notched at the apex, as a petal or leaf.

emarginate

/ ɪˈmɑːdʒɪˌneɪt /

adjective

1. having a notched tip or edge

   emarginate leaves

emarginate

/ ĭ-mär′jə-nĭt,-nāt′ /

1. Having a shallow notch at the tip, as in some petals and leaves or the tails of some birds.

Derived Forms

• eˌmargiˈnation, noun
• eˈmargiˌnately, adverb

Other Words From

• e·mar·gi·nate·ly adverb
• e·mar·gi·na·tion noun
• sub·e·mar·gi·nate adjective
• sub·e·mar·gi·nat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of emarginate¹

1785–95; < Latin ēmarginātus deprived of its edge, equivalent to ē- e- ¹ + margin- ( margin ) + ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of emarginate¹

C17: from Latin ēmargināre to deprive of its edge, from margō margin

Example Sentences

Shell sub-globose, striated near the suture, brown, banded with white and fulvous; outer lip above slightly emarginate; umbilicus large, open; pillar termination nearly obsolete.

From Project Gutenberg

Shell cylindrical, polished, spire conic acuminated, very short; outer lip simple, inner lip thickened, tumid, columella with numerous slender plaits, aperture at the base truncatedly emarginate.

From Project Gutenberg

Similar, but pods torulose even when young, linear; style 1–2´´ long; seeds acutely margined rather than winged; petals emarginate.—Barrens of Ky. and Tenn. 3.

From Project Gutenberg

Skull: Broader, more angular and more nearly flat; zygomatic arches more widely spreading; zygomatic processes of maxillae heavier; posterior ends of nasals emarginate rather than rounded; upper incisors longer.

From Project Gutenberg

Petals.—Four to seven lines long; very broad; the upper deep purple, the others lilac, bluish, or white, veined with purple, with a yellowish base; the lateral bearded; the lowest emarginate.

From Project Gutenberg