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sinuate

[sin-yoo-it, -eyt, sin-yoo-eyt]

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adjective

sinuated, sinuating

to curve or wind in and out; creep in a winding path.
a snake sinuating along the ground.

sinuate

/ -ˌeɪt, ˈsɪnjʊɪt /

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Origin of sinuate¹

First recorded in 1680–90; from Latin ��Գ��ٳܲ�, past participle of ��Գ�� “to bend, curve”; sinus, -ate ¹

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Origin of sinuate¹

C17: from Latin ��Գ��ٳܲ� curved; see _sinus , _-ate ¹

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Thallus 3–6´´ wide, mostly simple, the margins sinuate or undulate.

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Leaves.—Oblanceolate or lanceolate; sinuately toothed or irregularly pinnatifid; two to four inches long.

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Gills sinuate, dark brown or blackish-purple; veil often hanging in fragments from edge of pileus.

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Gills adnate or sinuate; spores brownish purple, sometimes intense purple, almost black.—M.

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Flowers in small heads, in the axils or in terminal spikes; leaves sinuately toothed or nearly entire Strawberry Blite, Chenopodium capitatum. 9b.

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