runcinate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base; as dandelion leaves

WordNet

Run"ci*nate adjective
Etymology
L. runcinatus, p.p. of runcinareto plane off, fr. runcina a plane.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.

Webster 1913