emarginate.
With the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex.
Meaning & usage
With the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex.
Having roughly the same height or width for most of its length, becoming much shallower or narrower before reaching the attachment point.
In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is emarginate.
Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched.
Of a crystal: having edges or corners of the primitive form beveled, crossed by a face.
Where this word comes from
From Latin emarginare; e- (“out”) + marginare (“to furnish with a margin”), from margo (“margin”).
To take away the margin of.
To lose the margin.
To marginalize.
Where this word comes from
From Latin emarginare; e- (“out”) + marginare (“to furnish with a margin”), from margo (“margin”).
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