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runcinate definition

run·ci·nate (run′sə nit, -nāt′)

adjective

Bot. irregularly saw-toothed, with the teeth or lobes curved backward, as some leaves

Etymology: L runcinatus, pp. of runcinare, to plane off < runcina, a plane (formerly understood as “saw”)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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