[ad. L. ēmarginātus, pa. pple. of ēmargināre: see next.]
1. Notched at the margin: said of portions of animal or vegetable organisms. In Bot. chiefly of leaves or petals: Having a notch at the apex.
1794. Martyn, Rousseau’s Bot., v. 52. The end … is emarginate, or slightly notched.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 58. Stigma emarginate.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., I. viii. 244. The valves of the shells … are emarginate.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 510. The leaves are flat and broader … with a deeply emarginate apex.
2. Crystallography. Having the edges of the primitive form cut off.
