emarginate

American  

[ih-mahr-juh-neyt, -nit] / ɪˈmɑr dʒəˌneɪt, -nɪt /

Also emarginated

adjective

1. notched at the margin.

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

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emarginate British  

/ ɪˈmɑːdʒɪˌneɪt /

adjective

1. having a notched tip or edge

   emarginate leaves

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emarginate Scientific  

/ 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.

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Other Word Forms

• emarginately adverb
• emargination noun
• subemarginate adjective
• subemarginated adjective

Etymology

Origin of emarginate

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

Example Sentences

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 Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Leaves succubous, semi-vertical, ovate, emarginate; underleaves connate with the leaves, ovate or lanceolate, 1-toothed at base.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Wings long; first primary so small as at first sight to seem wanting, second longest but third nearly its equal, fourth decidedly shorter, outer secondaries short and emarginate at tip.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.

Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip erect, 2-lobed or emarginate, the lower spreading, broadly 3-lobed.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves obovate, sinuate and toothed; lower joint of the fruit obovoid, emarginate; the upper ovate, flattish at the apex.—Coast of the Northern States and of the Great Lakes.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa