laciniation
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laciniation — noun see laciniate … New Collegiate Dictionary
laciniation — (entrée créée par le supplément) (la si ni a sion) s. f. État de ce qui est lacinié. • Du mouvement dans les poils et les laciniations foliaires du drosera rotundifolia, HECKEL Ac. des sc. Comptes rend. t. LXXXII, p. 525. ÉTYMOLOGIE Voy.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
laciniation — la·cin·i·a·tion … English syllables
laciniation — ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈāshən noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin lacinia + English ation 1. : lacinia 2. : the quality or state of being laciniate … Useful english dictionary
laciniate — adjective Etymology: Latin lacinia flap; akin to Latin lacerare Date: circa 1760 bordered with a fringe; especially cut into deep irregular usually pointed lobes < laciniate leaves > • laciniation noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
laciniate — a. fringed; jagged, slashed. ♦ laciniform, a. like a fringe. ♦ laciniose, a. ♦ lacinulate, a. with fine or small fringe. ♦ laciniation, n … Dictionary of difficult words
laciniate — [lə sin′ēāt΄idlə sin′ē it, lə sin′ēāt΄] adj. [< L lacinia, a flap (akin to lacer: see LACERATE) + ATE1] 1. having a fringe; fringed 2. Bot. cut deeply into narrow, jagged segments: Also laciniated [lə sin′ēāt΄id] laciniation n … English World dictionary
laciniate — adj. (also laciniated) Bot. & Zool. divided into deep narrow irregular segments; fringed. Derivatives: laciniation n. Etymology: L lacinia flap of a garment … Useful english dictionary
