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submargin

submargin noun: an area parallel to a margin but slightly further in.

Noun

submargin (plural submargins)

  1. An area parallel to a margin but slightly further in.
    • The ears are brownish, more or less rusty, the extreme edge whitish, particularly on the posterior border, the apical third externally with a submargin of black, expanding towards the tip into a broad blackish subapical spot.1894, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 108
    • Glumes slightly unequal […] ; florets slightly shorter than the longer glume; lemma ciliate on the margins or submargins in the upper part2005, Katy Mallett, Flora of Australia (volume 44, part 2, page 137)

Forms of submargin

pluralsubmargins

Origin of submargin

From sub- + margin.

Questions about submargin

What does submargin mean?
Submargin means an area parallel to a margin but slightly further in.
What part of speech is submargin?
Submargin is a noun.
What is the plural of submargin?
The plural of submargin is submargins.

Words near submargin in the dictionary

  1. submanifold
  2. submanifolds
  3. submanubrial
  4. submap
  5. submaps
  6. submargin
  7. submarginal
  8. submarginally
  9. submarginate
  10. submarginated
  11. submargins

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