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laciniate

[luh-sin-ee-eyt, -it]

adjective Botany, Zoology.

cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.

Origin:
1750–60; < Neo-Latin lacin(ia) (special use of Latin lacinia lappet) + -ate¹

Related forms

mul·ti·la·cin·i·ate, adjective

sub·la·cin·i·ate, adjective

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composed of several cells

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laciniate or laciniated (ləˈsɪnɪˌeɪt, -ɪt)

—*adj*
1.	biology jagged: a laciniate leaf
2.	having a fringe

[C17: from Latin lacinia flap]

laciniated or laciniated

—*adj*

[C17: from Latin lacinia flap]

lacini'ation or laciniated

—n

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