Definition of emarginate Emarginate
e•mar•gi•nate
We found 6 definitions of emarginate from 4 different sources.
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What does emarginate mean?
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| emarginate - having a notched tip |
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- emarginate (Verb)
To take away the margin of. - emarginate (Adjective)
Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower before reaching the attachment point.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- emarginate (v. t.)
To take away the margin of. - emarginate (a.)
Alt. of Emarginated
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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emarginate
e-mär′jin-āt, v.t. to take away the margin of.—p.adj. (bot.) depressed and notched instead of pointed at the summit, as a leaf: (min.) having all the edges of the primitive form crossed by a face: (zool.) having the margin broken by a notch or segment of a circle.—n. Emarginā′tion. [L. emargināre, -ātum—e, out, margināre, to provide with a margin—margo, a margin.]
