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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

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

    marginate leaves

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

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C. bulbillosus differs in absence of a marginate volva.

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. 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

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

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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