Runcinate Definition
rŭnsə-nāt
adjective
Irregularly saw-toothed, with the teeth or lobes curved backward, as some leaves.
Webster's New World
Having saw-toothed divisions directed away from the apex.
Runcinate leaves.
American Heritage
Origin of Runcinate
Latin runcinātus past participle of runcināre to plane from runcina carpenter's plane, formerly taken to mean saw alteration (influenced by runcāre to weed, pluck) of Greek rhukanē carpenter's plane
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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