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lacinia |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lacinia \La*cin"i*a\, n.; pl L. {Lacini[ae]}. [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. (Zo["o]l.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxill[ae] of insects.
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