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laciniate

[ luh-sin-ee-eyt, -it ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.
  1. cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.


laciniate

/ -ɪt; ləˈsɪnɪˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. biology jagged

    a laciniate leaf

  2. having a fringe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • laˌciniˈation, noun
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Other Words From

  • multi·la·cini·ate adjective
  • subla·cini·ate adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laciniate1

1750–60; < New Latin lacin ( ia ) (special use of Latin lacinia lappet) + -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laciniate1

C17: from Latin lacinia flap
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Example Sentences

Thallus orbicular, tender, laciniate and undulate or crisped, papillose-reticulate.

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