See Also: runcinate(medicine)
runcinate(dictionary)

runcinate (iou)



runcinate adjective. L18.
[mod. Latin runcinatus, from Latin runcina carpenter's plane (formerly taken to mean a saw) + -ATE2.]
Botany. Of a leaf: strongly lobed or toothed, with the lobes or teeth curved towards the base. Freq. in runcinate-pinnatifid.
Also runcinated adjective (now rare) L18.