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laciniate

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

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.
  1. cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.

laciniate

/ -ɪt; ləˈsɪnɪˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. biology jagged

    a laciniate leaf

  2. having a fringe

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Derived Forms

  • laˌciniˈation, noun

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Other Words From

  • multi·la·cini·ate adjective
  • subla·cini·ate adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of laciniate1

1750–60; < New Latin lacin ( ia ) (special use of Latin lacinia lappet) + -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of laciniate1

C17: from Latin lacinia flap

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Example Sentences

Thallus orbicular, tender, laciniate and undulate or crisped, papillose-reticulate.

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