‖ lacinia
(ləˈsɪnɪə)
Pl. laciniæ.
[L. = lappet.]
1. Bot. A slash in a leaf, petal, etc.; the slender lobe thus produced.
| 1699 Phil. Trans. XXI. 65 Their..Leaves are..divided into narrower and deeper Laciniae or Jags. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xii. (1765) 27 The Variations of the Corolla in respect to Number concern either Petals, or Laciniæ, Segments. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 190 Five nerves..continued through the axes of the laciniæ. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 191 Flowers..white, with rose⁓coloured laciniæ. |
2. Ent. The apex of the maxilla, esp. when slender.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 446 Slender laciniæ or lappets fringed with hairs. 1856–8 W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 161 Proboscis short, with..sulcated lacinia. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 402 The galea and lacinia of the maxilla. |