runcinate

[ ruhn-suh-nit, -neyt ]

adjective

1. (of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward.

runcinate

/ -ˌneɪt; ˈrʌnsɪnɪt /

adjective

1. (of a leaf) having a saw-toothed margin with the teeth or lobes pointing backwards

Word History and Origins

Origin of runcinate¹

1770–80; < Latin runcinātus (past participle of runcināre to plane), equivalent to runcin ( a ) carpenter's plane + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of runcinate¹

C18: from New Latin runcīnātus , from Latin runcīnāre to plane off, from runcīna a carpenter's plane

Example Sentences

Leaves runcinate; flowers very small, pale yellow; pods awl-shaped, close pressed to the stem, scarcely stalked.—Waste places.

From Project Gutenberg

See, Miss Esther, look at these runcinate leaves.'

From Project Gutenberg

C. tectòrum, L. Slender, branching from the base, 1° high; leaves narrow, runcinate; heads small, in a loose panicle; achenes fusiform, the ribs scabrous.—In fields, Lansing, Mich., and on ballast.

From Project Gutenberg

Achenes oblong-ovate to fusiform, 4–5-ribbed, the ribs roughened, the apex prolonged into a very slender beak, bearing the copious soft and white capillary pappus.—Perennials or biennials; leaves radical, pinnatifid or runcinate; flowers yellow.

From Project Gutenberg

Leaves all lyrate or runcinate, the upper often with a heart-shaped clasping base; panicle larger; achenes distinctly beaked; otherwise as n. 7.—Rich soil, Penn. to Ill., and southward.

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