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
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P. 4-6 cm. tough, depressed, sinuate, reddish-tan, bristling with tufts of hairs; g. decur. narrow, crowded, pale buff; s. very short or obsolete, hirsute; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. exp. obtuse, naked, bay, edge tawny; g. slightly sinuate, yellow then tawny; s. fibrillose, tawny bay. petiginosum, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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
The gills are adnexed, crowded, narrow, white, then grayish, somewhat sinuate with a slight decurrent tooth.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
Leaves 5 to 6 in. long, oval to obovate, acute, obtuse, or even cordate at base, regularly but usually not deeply sinuate, rather rigid, usually very tomentose beneath.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
Outer lip prominent, sinuated above, smooth within; inner lip polished, white.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
Correlated with this peculiarity the maxilla usually has the tomia sinuated, and is generally concave, and smaller and narrower than the mandible, which is also concave to receive the palatal knob.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
In Tuberacei, all the species are subterranean, and the hymenium is mostly sinuated.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
In the first, fourth, and eighth class the leaf differs from the rest; the fourth is more sinuated; the eighth has a large broad leaf not at all sinuated.
From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by Bligh, William
Fold upon fold—utterly, unspeakably arid—the flank of the main dune sinuated away towards the north-west.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
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