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Jagged, as a leaf
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laciniate
Word definitions for laciniate in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate leaf" [syn: fringed ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laciniate \La*cin"i*ate\, Laciniated \La*cin"i*a"ted\, a. [See Lacinia .] Fringed; having a fringed border. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, pertaining to, or having a fringe. 2 (context botany zoology English) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed. alt. 1 Of, pertaining to, or having a fringe. 2 (context botany zoology English) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed. ...
Usage examples of laciniate.
As it flows it takes the forms of sappy leaves or vines, making heaps of pulpy sprays a foot or more in depth, and resembling, as you look down on them, the laciniated, lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens.