Lettuce seems to bring out the poet in people ... or should I say, the marketing writer?
1. wavy, curled, curly, wrinkled, crinkled, crumpled, savoyed, puckered,
2. waved edges, undulate margins, frilled edges, frilly edges,
I suspect that the last three terms have specific meanings, so I'll try some research.
Thanks, Lyn for:
http://www.calflora.net/botani...
3. incised, indented, serrated,
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- incised:
"cut, often deeply, usually irregularly, but seldom as much as one-half the distance to the midrib or base "
http://www.calflora.net/botani...
3. Deeply and sharply cut: the incised margin of a leaf.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
4. (Botany) having margins that are sharply and deeply indented: an incised leaf.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged ©
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- indented
no definition in
http://www.calflora.net/botani...
to indent:
a. To notch or serrate the edge of; make jagged.
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- serrated
"Serrate: having sharp, forward-pointing teeth on the margin
Serrulate: serrate with very small teeth"
I found some that were new to me, WITH illustrations:
retrorse,
said of marginal spines, barbs, stem hairs or any protuberances that are bent abruptly backward
or point towards the proximal part of the organ; = pointed downwards or recurved;
revolute,
rolled or curled over backwards, towards the abaxial
surface. OPPOSITE: involute
lacerate
, irregularly lobed at the margin, as if torn
laciniate
, cut into slender lobes or drawn-out teeth
http://www.kew.org/ucm/groups/...
(But I could only download K through R.)
