marginate

[ mahr-juh-neyt ]

adjective

1. having a margin.
2. Entomology. having the margin of a distinct color:

   marginate with purple.

verb (used with object)

, mar·gin·at·ed, mar·gin·at·ing.

1. to furnish with a margin; border.

marginate

/ ˈmɑːdʒɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. tr to provide with a margin or margins

adjective

1. biology having a margin of a distinct colour or form

   marginate leaves

Derived Forms

• ˌmarginˈation, noun

Other Words From

• margin·ation noun
• un·margin·ated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of marginate¹

1600–10; < Latin marginātus, past participle of margināre to provide with borders or edges. See margin, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of marginate¹

C18: from Latin margināre

Example Sentences

Bulb depressed or turbinate, marginate, stem fleshy, fibrous; veil inferior, springing from margin of bulb; pileus equally fleshy; gills subsinuate.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 4-7 cm. exp. silky-fibrillose, viscid, tawny orange, flesh becoming spongy and tan; g. emarginate, tawny; s. 5-6 cm. colour of p. fibrillose and woolly, bulb large, depr. marginate; sp.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 1-2 cm. dimidiate, sessile and fixed by a downy nodule, white, marginate behind, variegated with minute rufescent scales; g. radiating from base, at length brownish rusty; sp. ——. haustellaris, Fr.

From Project Gutenberg

P. convexo-plane, even, whitish-tan, not becoming paler; flesh white; g. crowded, entire, white then tan; s. stuffed, short, white, bulb depr. marginate.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 6-9 cm. compact, incurved then expanded, rather wavy, viscid then floccoso-squamulose or fibrillose, olive-bay then tawny yellow; g. broad; s. 6-8 cm. striate, bluish then yellowish, base marginate; sp.

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