adjective
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Also: sinuous. (of leaves) having a strongly waved margin
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another word for sinuous
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Etymology
Origin of sinuate
First recorded in 1680–90; from Latin sinuātus, past participle of sinuāre “to bend, curve”; see sinus, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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P. 4-6 mm. hemispherical, brown, paler towards striate margin, sprinkled with minute particles; g. adnexed, sinuate; s. 1.5-2 cm. umber, paler upwards, everywhere pulverulent; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Thallus 3–6´´ wide, mostly simple, the margins sinuate or undulate.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
P. 5-7 cm. spherical then convex, snow-white, covered with floccose squamules; g. sinuate, white, then purple, at length brownish-purple, edge white; s. 3-6 cm. fistulose, curved, floccosely scaly, apex glabrous, ring floccose; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Thallus oblong, lobed and sinuate, somewhat fleshy, much thickened in the middle; capsule exserted.—On the ground in wet places; not uncommon eastward.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
P. convexo-plane, peach-colour, then pale; g. sinuate, white; s. paler than p.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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