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lacinia

lacinia noun: one of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.

Noun

lacinia (plural laciniae)

  1. One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
  2. A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
  3. The posterior inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.

lacinia meaning in Tamil and Bengali

lacinia in Tamil

சதுப்பி, கதுப்பு

lacinia in Bengali

খাঁজকাটা এবং অনিয়মিত অংশ, বিভাজন

Forms of lacinia

plurallaciniae

Origin of lacinia

Borrowed from Latin lacinia, the lappet or flap of a garment.

Words formed from lacinia

Questions about lacinia

What does lacinia mean?
Lacinia means one of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
What is lacinia in Tamil?
Lacinia in Tamil is சதுப்பி, கதுப்பு. See Lacinia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lacinia?
Lacinia is a noun.
What is the plural of lacinia?
The plural of lacinia is laciniae.

Words near lacinia in the dictionary

  1. laciness
  2. lacing
  3. lacing into
  4. lacing up
  5. lacings
  6. lacinia
  7. laciniae
  8. lacinial
  9. laciniar
  10. laciniate
  11. laciniated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lacinia (page history and authors); lacinia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lacinia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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