eroseadj.
/ɪˈrəʊs/ Botany and Zoology.
Having the margin irregularly incised or indented, as if bitten by an animal.
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laciniated1657
incisory1693
lacerated1709
crenelled1727
emarginated1731
laciniate1760
lacerate1776
crenate1785
crenulate1785
emarginate1785
erose1793
crenulated1807
incised1826
fimbricate1846
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. G8 Erosum folium, an Erose or gnawed leaf.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 208 Hand and carpus unarmed, above minutely erose.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 237 Sepals and petals erose obtuse.
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