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

Derived Forms

• laˌciniˈation, noun

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of laciniate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of laciniate¹

C17: from Latin lacinia flap

Example Sentences

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

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