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One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.

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  1. n. One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
  2. n. A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
  3. n. The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.
  4. 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. (b) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf. 2. (Zoöl.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillæ of insects.
  5. The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillæ ofinsects.
  6. n. One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. n. A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf. n. The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.