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Webster 1913 Edition
Lacinia
La-cin′i-a
,Noun.
pl. L.
Laciniæ
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. [L., the lappet or flap of a garment.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
(b)
A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
2.
(Zool.)
The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillæ of insects.