emarginate

e·mar·gi·nate Audio Help (ĭ-mär'jə-nĭt, -nāt')

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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