emarginate
(adjective) having a notched tip
Source: WordNet® 3.1
emarginate (comparative more emarginate, superlative most emarginate)
(botany, of leaves) Slightly indented at the tip.
(botany, mycology) Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower before reaching the attachment point.
(zoology, anatomy) Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched.
(mineralogy) Having all the edges of the primitive form crossed by a face.
emarginate (third-person singular simple present emarginates, present participle emarginating, simple past and past participle emarginated)
(transitive) To take away the margin of.
Source: Wiktionary
E*mar"gi*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. emarginare; e out + marginare to furnish with a margin, fr. margo margin.]
Definition: To take away the margin of.
E*mar"gi*nate, E*mar"gi*na`ted, a.
1. Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Notched at the summit.
3. (Cryst.)
Definition: Having the edges truncated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2024
(noun) valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
