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Sinuate

Sin'ū-ate, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SINUATED; p. pr. & vb. n. SINUATING.] [Lat. sinuare, sinuatum, from sinus, a bending, a curve.] To bend in and out; to wind; to turn. Woodward.

Sin′ū-ate or Sin′ū-ā′ted, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. sinuatus, P. P. of sinuare; Fr. sinué.] (Bot.) Having the margin alternately bowed inward and outward; strongly wavy on the margin, with alternate concavities and convexities; having rounded lobes separated by sinuses. Gray.

A botanical drawing of a long, wavy-edged leaf attached to a short stem.
Sinuate Leaf.