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

P. 7-10 cm. soon plane, orange or golden, viscid, naked; g. free; s. 8-12 cm. slender, white, floccosely-squamulose, ring sup. volva marginate; sp. ——. citrina, Gon.

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P. white, covered with globose warts; g. free; s. equal, volva obtusely marginate; sp.

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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.

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P. 1-2 cm. campan. then exp. umb. glabrous, dry, edge striate, yellowish tawny like the narrow, adnexed g.; s. 4-7 cm. attenuated upwards from a marginate bulb, white, shining; sp.

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P. 2-3 cm. conico-campan. umbo prominent, edge often wavy, even, glabrous, then longitudinally fibrillose and cracked, bay or rusty ochre; g. dingy tan; s. 4-5 cm. solid, equal, polished, with a minute marginate bulb, white, mealy; sp. 10-12, spiny. mamillaris, Pass.

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