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

At this period, under the influence of the rapid growth of these organs, it soon produces at its summit a fissure of the external membrane, which becomes a more marked depression in the marginate species.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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. campan. exp. white, striate, small yellow-brown squamules near edge, disc sparingly scaly; g. free; s. white, striate, base globose, marginate, hollow to swollen base; sp. 6-7 � 3-4.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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. 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 Massee, George