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laciniate

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la⋅cin⋅i⋅ate

  [luh-sin-ee-eyt, -it]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.
Origin:
1750–60; < NL lacin(ia) (special use of L lacinia lappet) + -ate 1
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la·cin·i·ate   (lə-sĭn'ē-ĭt, -āt')   
adj.  

  1. Having a fringe; fringed.

  2. Shaped or formed like a fringe, as a ligament.

  3. Slashed into narrow pointed lobes: a laciniate leaf.


[Latin lacinia, fringe, hem + -ate1.]
la·cin'i·a'tion n.
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