sinuate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SIN'UATE, verb transitive [Latin sinuo.] To wind; to turn; to bend in and out. SIN'UATE, adjective In botany, a sinuate leaf is one that has large curved breaks in the margin, resembling bays, as in the oak.
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