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emarginate
[ ih-mahr-juh-neyt, -nit ]
adjective
- notched at the margin.
- Botany. notched at the apex, as a petal or leaf.
emarginate
/ ɪˈɑːɪˌԱɪ /
adjective
- having a notched tip or edge
emarginate leaves
emarginate
/ ĭ-ä′ə-ĭ,-′ /
- Having a shallow notch at the tip, as in some petals and leaves or the tails of some birds.
Derived Forms
- ˌˈԲپDz, noun
- ˈˌԲٱ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ···Բٱ· adverb
- ···Բ·پDz noun
- ܲ····Բٱ adjective
- ܲ····Բ· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of emarginate1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of emarginate1
Example Sentences
Shell sub-globose, striated near the suture, brown, banded with white and fulvous; outer lip above slightly emarginate; umbilicus large, open; pillar termination nearly obsolete.
Shell cylindrical, polished, spire conic acuminated, very short; outer lip simple, inner lip thickened, tumid, columella with numerous slender plaits, aperture at the base truncatedly emarginate.
Similar, but pods torulose even when young, linear; style 1–2´´ long; seeds acutely margined rather than winged; petals emarginate.—Barrens of Ky. and Tenn. 3.
Skull: Broader, more angular and more nearly flat; zygomatic arches more widely spreading; zygomatic processes of maxillae heavier; posterior ends of nasals emarginate rather than rounded; upper incisors longer.
Petals.—Four to seven lines long; very broad; the upper deep purple, the others lilac, bluish, or white, veined with purple, with a yellowish base; the lateral bearded; the lowest emarginate.
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