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

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marginate marginated

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.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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 M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

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 George Massee

Bulb depressed or turbinate, marginate, stem fleshy, fibrous; veil inferior, springing from margin of bulb; pileus equally fleshy; gills subsinuate.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 6-9 cm. convex then exp. purplish, disc yellowish, variegated with lilac; flesh yellow, violet under the cuticle; g. rusty purple; s. 6-7 cm. yellow, apex purplish, bulb marginate; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

In young shells, the wrinkles and the marginated aperture are less defined.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

The entire lip is marginated by the thickened and reflected peristome.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by John MacGillivray