laciniate

• Adjectif décrivant quelque chose de découpé en lobes étroits et pointus ou en franges, utilisé surtout en botanique pour des feuilles ou des pétales aux bords dentelés ou profondément divisés.

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.

   lacinié

   • 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.

   Synonymesfringedincisedjaggedlaceratedslashed

   Antonymesentiresmoothundivided