marginate

American  

[mahr-juh-neyt] / ˈmɑr dʒəˌneɪt /

adjective

1. having a margin.

2. Entomology. having the margin of a distinct color.

   marginate with purple.

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verb (used with object)

marginated, marginating

1. to furnish with a margin; border.

marginate British  

/ ˈmɑːdʒɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to provide with a margin or margins

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adjective

1. biology having a margin of a distinct colour or form

   marginate leaves

Other Word Forms

• margination
  noun
• unmarginated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of marginate

1600–10; < Latin marginātus, past participle of margināre to provide with borders or edges. See margin, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

marginate marginated

P. 3-7 cm. exp. olive then dingy tan, flesh violet then whitish; g. violet-umber then sooty-olive; s. 5-7 cm. fibrillose, pallid, bulb napiform, marginate; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

The plant is small, waxy-pliant, somewhat coriaceous, cup-shaped, then explanate, confluent, marginate, externally white-tomentose.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

P. convexo-plane, even, whitish-tan, not becoming paler; flesh white; g. crowded, entire, white then tan; s. stuffed, short, white, bulb depr. marginate.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

This species can readily be distinguished by the distinctly marginate bulb at the base of the stem.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

P. subpulvinate, unequal, glabrous, slightly viscid, sooty then tawny tan, edge darker and at length striate; g. emarginate, rather distant, pallid then olive tan; s. short, fibrillose, pallid, marginate bulb obsolete; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

The entire lip is marginated by the thickened and reflected peristome.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by John MacGillivray

In young shells, the wrinkles and the marginated aperture are less defined.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson