lacinia

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lacinia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lacinia \La*cin"i*a\, n.; pl. L. Lacini[ae]. [L., the lappet
     or flap of a garment.]
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or
            divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders
            of the petals of some flowers.
        (b) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a
            monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised
            leaf.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the
        maxill[ae] of insects.
        [1913 Webster] Laciniate