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

Derived 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

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 Massee, George

P. ovate then campan. striate, white then purplish, floccosely squamulose; g. free; s. white, with a marginate bulb and ring.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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 Hard, Miron Elisha

P. 4-7 cm. even, glabrous, spathulate, depr. behind, marginate; g. crowded, distinct at base; s. 1-2 cm. ascending, glabrous, not rooting; sp. 11-12 � 4.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 3-7 cm. equal, exp. smoky-tawny then pale, spotted, edge thin becoming striate; g. crowded, purplish-olive; s. 6-7 cm. greenish or bluish, never yellow, narrowed upwards from marginate bulb; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George