laciniate

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

/ ləˈsɪn iˌeɪt, -ɪt /

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adjective Botany, Zoology.

cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.

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Origin of laciniate

1750–60; <New Latin lacin(ia) (special use of Latin lacinia lappet) + -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM laciniate

mul·ti·la·cin·i·ate, adjectivesub·la·cin·i·ate, adjective

Words nearby laciniate

lachrymatory, lachrymose, Lachute, lacing, lacinia, laciniate, lac insect, lack, lackadaisical, lackaday, Lackawanna

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How to use laciniate in a sentence

Thallus orbicular, tender, laciniate and undulate or crisped, papillose-reticulate.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for laciniate

laciniate

laciniated

/ (ləˈsɪnɪˌeɪt, -ɪt) /

adjective

biology jaggeda laciniate leaf

having a fringe

Derived forms of laciniate

laciniation, noun

Word Origin for laciniate

C17: from Latin lacinia flap

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