[ruhn-suh-nit, -neyt] 
| (of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward. |
run·ci·nate (rŭn'sə-nāt')  (click for larger image in new window) adj. Botany Having saw-toothed divisions directed backward: runcinate leaves. [Latin runcinātus, past participle of runcināre, to plane, from runcina, carpenter's plane, formerly taken to mean saw, alteration (influenced by runcāre, to weed, pluck) of Greek rhukanē, carpenter's plane.] |