sinuate
pronunciation
How to pronounce sinuate in British English:
UK ['sɪnjʊeɪt]
How to pronounce sinuate in American English:
US ['sɪnjʊˌeɪt]
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- Adjective:
- curved or curving in and out
- having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex
Word Origin
- sinuate (adj.)
- 1680s, from Latin sinuatus, past participle of sinuare (see insinuate).
Example
- 1. Sepals ligulate , apex mucronate , margin slightly sinuate .
- 2. A sinuate stone diameter circles and go up , direct summit .
- 3. Having a sinuate margin and rippled surface .
- 4. Leaves alternate , narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic , margin sinuate , cartilaginous , glabrescent .
- 5. Leaves petiolate ; leaf blade membranous , entire and sinuate or with a few deltate teeth .