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submarginal
[ suhb-mahr-juh-nl ]
adjective
- Biology. near the margin.
- below the margin.
- not worth cultivating, as land; less than satisfactory; unproductive.
submarginal
/ sʌbˈmɑːdʒɪnəl /
adjective
- below the minimum requirements
- situated close to the margin of an organ or part
- (of land) infertile and unprofitable for cultivation
Derived Forms
- subˈmarginally, adverb
Other Words From
- sub·margin·al·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of submarginal1
Example Sentences
They and the coyotes lived clever, despairing, submarginal lives.
Sori on the upper part of the veins, distinct, or mostly forming a confluent submarginal band of sporangia.
Sori roundish, marginal or submarginal.
Submarginal, sub-mar′ji-nal, adj. situated near the margin.
Whenever, at any stage in its history, the edge of the ice remained essentially constant in position for a long period of time, the corresponding submarginal accumulation of drift was great, and when the ice melted, the former site of the stationary edge would be marked by a broad ridge or belt of drift, thicker than that on either side.
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