emarginate
Americanadjective
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notched at the margin.
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Botany. notched at the apex, as a petal or leaf.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of emarginate
1785–95; < Latin ēmarginātus deprived of its edge, equivalent to ē- e- 1 + margin- ( see margin) + ātus -ate 1
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Shell ventricose; base with a short canal, which is either emarginate or truncate; external lip dilated into a simple wing, notched at the base, and prominent above.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
A. Ectocyst by no means rigid, of a uniform pale colour; zoœcia never emarginate or furrowed, straight, curved or sinuous, elongate, cylindrical fruticosa, p. 217.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
Petals.—Four to seven lines long; very broad; the upper deep purple, the others lilac, bluish, or white, veined with purple, with a yellowish base; the lateral bearded; the lowest emarginate.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Ectocyst colourless and hyaline; branching of the zoarium sparse, lateral, irregular, horizontal; zoœcia nearly straight, strongly emarginate and furrowed javanica, p. 221. b''.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
The zoœcia are short and slender, erect or nearly so, distinctly emarginate and furrowed.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
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