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marginate

American  
[mahr-juh-neyt] / ˈmɑr dʒəˌneɪt /

adjective

  1. having a margin.

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

    marginate with purple.


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

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Etymology

Origin of marginate

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

Example Sentences

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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. 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

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)

C. bulbillosus differs in absence of a marginate volva.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 6-9 cm. compact, incurved then expanded, rather wavy, viscid then floccoso-squamulose or fibrillose, olive-bay then tawny yellow; g. broad; s. 6-8 cm. striate, bluish then yellowish, base marginate; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George