Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a distinct edge or margin, especially of a different color.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, bordered: said especially of a flower, etc., in which one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
- In zoology and anatomy, having a limb or limbus; bordered; margined: said of various parts and organs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology, paleontology Having a distinct
edge , especially one of a different colour;bordered .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Latin limbātus, bordered, from Latin limbus, border.]
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From Latin limbātus, from limbus ("edge, border").
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