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emarginate

[ ih-mahr-juh-neyt, -nit ]

adjective

  1. notched at the margin.
  2. Botany. notched at the apex, as a petal or leaf.


emarginate

/ ɪˈɑːɪˌԱɪ /

adjective

  1. having a notched tip or edge

    emarginate 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

emarginate

/ ĭ-äə-ĭ,-′ /

  1. Having a shallow notch at the tip, as in some petals and leaves or the tails of some birds.
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈԲپDz, noun
  • ˈˌԲٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ···Բٱ· adverb
  • ···Բ·پDz noun
  • ܲ····Բٱ adjective
  • ܲ····Բ· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of emarginate1

1785–95; < Latin ŧٳܲ deprived of its edge, equivalent to ŧ- e- 1 + margin- ( margin ) + ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of emarginate1

C17: from Latin ŧ to deprive of its edge, from margō margin
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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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