The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lacinia \La*cin"i*a\, n.; pl. L. Lacini[ae]. [L., the lappet or flap of a garment.]
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(Bot.)
One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
(Zo["o]l.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxill[ae] of insects.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. 2 (context botany English) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf. 3 (context zoology English) The posterior inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.
Usage examples of "lacinia".
The beauty of the temple would be enhanced, he thought, if it were roofed with marble tiles, and with this object he went down to Bruttium and stripped off half the roof from the temple of Juno Lacinia, as he considered this would furnish sufficient tiles to cover his temple.
He was considered to be out of his mind at the close of his censorship, and there was a general belief that he had been driven mad by Juno Lacinia, in her anger at his spoliation of her temple.
Hannibal spent the summer near the temple of Juno Lacinia, where he built and dedicated an altar with a long inscription recording his exploits in Phoenician and also in Greek.
Many who were natives of Italy refused to follow him, and withdrew into the temple of Juno Lacinia, a shrine which up to that day had remained inviolate.