adj. 1. Having a fringe; fringed. 2. Shaped or formed like a fringe, as a ligament. 3. Slashed into narrow pointed lobes: a laciniate leaf. [Latin lacinia, fringe, hem + -ATE1.] la·cin′i·ation n. |
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