laciniate

• Adjektiv, das etwas beschreibt, das in schmale, zugespitzte Lappen oder Fransen zerschnitten ist; wird vor allem in der Botanik für Blätter oder Blütenblätter mit gezähnten oder zerschlitzten Rändern verwendet.

An adjective describing something that is cut into narrow, pointed lobes or fringes; used primarily in botany for leaves or petals with jagged or slashed margins.

1. Having finely slashed edgesC2formal

   Describes a leaf or other structure that has edges irregularly and finely cut or divided into narrow, pointed segments.

   Laciniat

   • The laciniate leaves of the dandelion are deeply toothed.
   • Botanists identified the plant by its laciniate leaf margins.
   • The fern's fronds are laciniate, giving them a feathery appearance.

   Synonymefringedincisedjaggedlaceratedslashed

   Antonymeentiresmoothundivided