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adj. - Having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex; Curved or curving in and out.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Verb (used without object) : a snake sinuating along the ground
  • This genus is especially noted for its sinuate gills.
  • The cap has the margin incurved, the gills have a tooth (sinuate), and are adnexed to the stem.
  • The frond of Ceterach is very frondose-looking, it has stomata on its under surface, and the cells of the cuticle very sinuate.
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