erose

• Adjektiv, das in Botanik und Zoologie einen Rand beschreibt, der unregelmäßige Einkerbungen aufweist oder wie angenagt bzw. ausgefressen erscheint.

An adjective used in botany and zoology to describe a margin that is irregularly notched or eroded, appearing as if gnawed.

1. Irregularly notched marginC2formal

   Having a margin that appears irregularly notched or toothed, as if gnawed or eroded.

   Unregelmäßig gezackter Rand

   • The leaf had an erose edge, resembling a jagged coastline.
   • Botanists noted the erose margins of the specimen.
   • The erose pattern on the fossil suggested ancient insect damage.

   Synonymeerodedirregularjaggedlaceratenotched

   Antonymeentireevensmooth