EMARGINATE, EMARGINATED
\ɪmˈɑːd͡ʒɪnˌe͡ɪt], \ɪmˈɑːdʒɪnˌeɪt], \ɪ_m_ˈɑː_dʒ_ɪ_n_ˌeɪ_t]\
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Having the margin or extremity taken away: specifically, (a) in bot. notched at the blunt apex: applied to the leaf, petal, stigma, or to the gills of fungi: (mineral.) having all the edges of the primitive form truncated, each by one face: (zool.) having the margin broken by an obtuse notch or the segment of a circle.
By Daniel Lyons
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