laciniate

2 definitions found

laciniate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Laciniate \La*cin"i*ate\, Laciniated \La*cin"i*a"ted\, a. [See
     Lacinia.]
     1. Fringed; having a fringed border.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot. & Zool.) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes;
        slashed.
        [1913 Webster]

laciniate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  laciniate
      adj 1: having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate
             leaf" [syn: fringed, laciniate]