runcinate

runcinate


run·ci·nate    Audio Help   (rŭn'sə-nāt')   

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.]
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