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sinuate

[sin-yoo-it, -eyt, sin-yoo-eyt] / ˈsɪn ju ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈsɪn juˌeɪt /


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Thallus dichotomous, proliferous, the early divisions linear-oblong, the margins ascending and remotely sinuate, the later divisions linear-palmatifid, coarsely nerved; cells large, hexagonal; involucre ciliate-fringed or lacerate; calyptra smooth, included.—Wet limestones and shales.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

Frequently the lower edge is notched at, or near, the stem and in this case they are said to be emarginate or sinuate.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

P. 4-7 cm. thin, plane then depr. margin sinuate or lobed, hygr. hyaline, whitish; g. adnate, closely crowded, white; s. 2-3 cm. firm, compr. downy; sp. ——. lignatilis, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 2-3 cm. exp. grey then paler; g. adnate, sinuate, white; s. 8-12 cm. equal, brittle, pallid; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

Leaves broadly triangular or kidney-shape, sinuate or entire Indian Plantain, Cacalia atriplicifolia. 106a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason

Outer lip prominent, sinuated above, smooth within; inner lip polished, white.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

Head greenish yellow, deeply punctured, a black band, sinuated in front between the eyes, on the back part of the head.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by John Lort Stokes

In Tuberacei, all the species are subterranean, and the hymenium is mostly sinuated.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

Shell nodulous; inner lip smooth, whitish; outer lip inflected, above sinuated, within striated, blackish purple; basal lobe not toothed.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

Fold upon fold—utterly, unspeakably arid—the flank of the main dune sinuated away towards the north-west.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by W. C. (William Charles) Scully




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