emarginate

US: (i mär′jə nāt′, -nit)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

e•mar•gi•nate  (i mär′jə nāt′, -nit), adj. 

1. notched at the margin.
2. Botany notched at the apex, as a petal or leaf.

Also, e•mar′gi•nat′ed. 

• Latin ēmarginātus deprived of its edge, equivalent. to ē- e- + margin- (see margin) + ātus -ate¹
• 1785–95

e•mar′gi•nate′ly, adv. 
e•mar′gi•na′tion, n.