runcinate


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runcinate
runcinate leaf

run·ci·nate

(rŭn′sə-nāt′)
adj. Botany
Having saw-toothed divisions directed away from the apex: runcinate leaves.
[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.]
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runcinate

(ˈrʌnsɪnɪt; -ˌneɪt)
adj
(Botany) (of a leaf) having a saw-toothed margin with the teeth or lobes pointing backwards
[C18: from New Latin runcīnātus, from Latin runcīnāre to plane off, from runcīna a carpenter's plane]
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Adj. 1. runcinate - having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base; as dandelion leaves
rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
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Leaves rosulate; sessile to pseudopetiolate; blades entire to lyrate, lanceolate, elliptical, obovate to spathulate, pinnately veined, margin entire to runcinate, glabrous to glabrescent above, densely pubescent beneath.
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)
Leaves alternate; sessile to short-petiolate; blades simple to pinnately compound, with or without terminal tendrils, linear, subulate, lanceolate to ovate, pinnately to one-veined, margin entire to runcinate, sometimes revolute, glabrous to pubescent.
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)
Leaves pinnately veined, margin entire to runcinate, glabrous to pubescent; basal leaves rosulate; pseudopetiolate; blades elliptic, obovate, oblanceolate to spathulate, entire to pinnatisect; upper leaves alternate, reduced to bracts; sessile to clasping.
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)

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