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emargination

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e⋅mar⋅gi⋅nate

  [i-mahr-juh-neyt, -nit]
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–adjective
1. notched at the margin.
2. Botany. notched at the apex, as a petal or leaf.
Also, e⋅mar⋅gi⋅nat⋅ed.

Origin:
1785–95; < L ēmarginātus deprived of its edge, equiv. to ē- e- + margin- (see margin ) + ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
e⋅mar⋅gi⋅nate⋅ly, adverb
e⋅mar⋅gi⋅na⋅tion, noun
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e·mar·gi·nate   (ĭ-mär'jə-nĭt, -nāt')   


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adj.  Having a shallow notch at the tip, as in some petals and leaves.

[Latin ēmarginātus, past participle of ēmargināre, to take the edge away : ē-, ex-, ex- + margō, margin-, margin; see merg- in Indo-European roots.]
e·mar'gi·na'tion (-nā'shən) n.
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emarginate   (ĭ-mär'jə-nĭt, -nāt')  Pronunciation Key 
Having a shallow notch at the tip, as in some petals and leaves or the tails of some birds.
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