Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To bend or curve; wind in and out: a road that sinuates through the Alps.
- adj. Having a wavy indented margin, as a leaf.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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. Specifically— In conchology, having a sinus or recess; notched or incised, as the pallial line. See
sinupalliate .
Wiktionary
- v. To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out
- adj. sinuous
- adj. Having wavy indentation on its border or edge.
- adj. mycology, of gills Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then curving back towards the stem before reaching the attachment point.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.
- v. To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinuous.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. curved or curving in and out
- adj. having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex
Etymologies
- Latin sinuatus, past participle of sinuare to wind, bend, from sinus a bend. From sine, originally from Latin sinus. (Wiktionary)
- Latin sinuāre, sinuāt-, to bend, from sinus, curve. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The leaves, which are frequently damaged by insects, are alternate, elliptical, 6-20 cm long, 5-10 cm wide, entire, denticulate or sinuate.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The frond of Ceterach is very frondose-looking, it has stomata on its under surface, and the cells of the cuticle very sinuate.”
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
“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).”
“The cap has the margin incurved, the gills have a tooth (sinuate), and are adnexed to the stem.”
“This genus is especially noted for its sinuate gills.”
“_Mushrooms with emarginate sinuate Gills, or with notch near to Stem.”
“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.”
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
“The = gills = are adnate, slightly sinuate, and decurrent by a tooth, easily separating from the stem, rather crowded, slightly ventricose.”
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
Lists
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Leaves
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Wavy, Waved or Wavelike
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reesetee having a margin that is strongly wavy (plants) Jun 12, 2007