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laciniate
[ luh-sin-ee-eyt, -it ]
adjective
, Botany, Zoology.
- cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.
laciniate
/ -ɪt; ləˈsɪnɪˌeɪt /
adjective
- biology jagged
a laciniate leaf
- having a fringe
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Derived Forms
- laˌciniˈation, noun
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Other Words From
- multi·la·cini·ate adjective
- subla·cini·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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