emarginate
IPA: eɪmˈɑrdʒʌnʌt
verb
- (transitive) To take away the margin of.
- (intransitive) To lose the margin.
- To marginalize.
adjective
- (botany, of leaves) With the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex.
- (botany, mycology) Having roughly the same height or width for most of its length, becoming much shallower or narrower before reaching the attachment point.
- (zoology, anatomy) Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched.
- (mineralogy) Of a crystal: having edges or corners of the primitive form beveled, crossed by a face.
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Examples of "emarginate" in Sentences
- Apexes are obtuse to emarginate.
- The caudal fin is weakly emarginate.
- The apex of the lamina is emarginate.
- Caudal square or slightly emarginate.
- The caudal fin is forked or emarginate.
- Occasionally, leaf apexes are acute or emarginate.
- The gills are white to cream, dense and emarginate or adnate.
- The ends are obtuse or rounded, and very occasionally emarginate.
- The apex of the lamina is rounded and shortly acuminate or emarginate.
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