Advertisement
Advertisement
laciniate
[ luh-sin-ee-eyt, -it ]
adjective
- cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.
laciniate
/ -ɪt; ləˈsɪnɪˌeɪt /
adjective
- biology jagged
a laciniate leaf
- having a fringe
Derived Forms
- laˌciniˈation, noun
Other Words From
- multi·la·cini·ate adjective
- subla·cini·ate adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of laciniate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of laciniate1
Example Sentences
Coarse perennial or biennial herbs, often resinous-viscid, ours glabrous and leafy with sessile or clasping alternate and spinulose-serrate or laciniate rigid leaves, and large heads terminating leafy branches.
Peridium thin, not uniform, presently breaking up into laciniate scales; at first yellow, then bluish-ashen; when empty, white.
From Korshinsky's survey of varieties with cut leaves or laciniate forms the following cases may be quoted.
It occurs with abortive, deformed, or tubular and laciniate rays.
Scape 1–2° high; leaves linear to lanceolate, entire to dentate or laciniate; head often pubescent or villous; achene long-beaked.—Minn. to Neb. and southwestward.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse