Sinuate

Word SINUATE
Character 7
Hyphenation sin u ate
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Sinuate"

What do we mean by sinuate?

Having a wavy indented margin, as a leaf. adjective

To bend or curve; wind in and out. intransitive verb

To bend or curve in and out: wind; turn.

Sinuous; serpentine; tortuous; wavy; irregularly turning or winding in and out, as a margin or edge; indented; notched.

To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinuous. intransitive verb

Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy. adjective

To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out verb

Sinuous adjective

Having wavy indentation on its border or edge. adjective

Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then curving back towards the stem before reaching the attachment point. adjective

Curved or curving in and out adjective

Having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex adjective

To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sinuate

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The word "sinuate" in example sentences

The leaves, which are frequently damaged by insects, are alternate, elliptical, 6-20 cm long, 5-10 cm wide, entire, denticulate or sinuate. ❋ Unknown (1990)

The frond of Ceterach is very frondose-looking, it has stomata on its under surface, and the cells of the cuticle very sinuate. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

They are narrow or wide, swell out in the middle (ventricose), are curved like a bow (arcuate), and have a sudden wave or sinus in the edge near the stem (sinuate). ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

Flexuous - ose: almost zig-zag, without acute angles but more acute at angles than undulating: differs from sinuate in being alternately bent and nearly straight. ❋ John. B. Smith (N/A)

The cap has the margin incurved, the gills have a tooth (sinuate), and are adnexed to the stem. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

_Mushrooms with emarginate sinuate Gills, or with notch near to Stem. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

Median lines: on the primaries of many moths: the first or t.a. crosses about one-third from base; the second or t.p. crosses beyond the outer third and is usually sinuate. ❋ John. B. Smith (N/A)

This genus is especially noted for its sinuate gills. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

TRICHOLOMA Fr. In the genus _Tricholoma_ the volva and annulus are both wanting, the spores are white, and the gills are attached to the stem, but are more or less strongly notched or sinuate at the stem. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

ENTOLOMA Fr. The volva and annulus are absent in this genus, the spores are rosy, the gills adnate to sinuate or adnexed, easily separating from the stem in some species. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

(Fig. 244); _sinuate_ or _emarginate_ when they have a notch or vertical curve at the posterior end (Fig. 246); and _free_ when they are rounded off without reaching the stem (Fig. 243). ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The = gills = are grayish brown to wood brown, at first adnate to slightly sinuate, then easily breaking away and appearing adnexed. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The = gills = are adnate, slightly sinuate, and decurrent by a tooth, easily separating from the stem, rather crowded, slightly ventricose. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The = gills = are grayish white, then tinged with flesh color, slightly sinuate, the longer ones somewhat broader in the middle (ventricose), rather distant, and quite thick as seen in cross section, the center of the gill (trama) presenting parallel threads. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The = gills = are vinaceous rufus to deep flesh color, strongly sinuate, and irregularly notched along the edge. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The gills may be adnexed, adnate, sinuate, or decurrent, but what is important they are usually rather distant, the edge is acute or sharp, and gradually thickened toward the junction with the cap, so that a section of the gill is more or less triangular. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The = gills = are notched (sinuate) at the stem, or adnate, sometimes slightly decurrent, crowded. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The = gills = are broad, rather distant, sinuate, white or nearly so. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The gills are adnate, or sinuate, rarely decurrent, and in one species they are free. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The = gills = are sinuate, adnate, somewhat ventricose, very rarely in abnormal specimens anastomosing near the margin of the pileus, at first light yellowish, then shading to umber and spotted with black and rusty brown as the spores mature, easily breaking away from the stipe, whitish on the edge. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

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