Definition of Lacinia. Meaning of Lacinia. Synonyms of Lacinia

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Definition of Lacinia

Lacinia
Lacinia La*cin"i*a, n.; pl. L. Lacini[ae]. [L., the lappet or flap of a garment.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxill[ae] of insects.

Meaning of Lacinia from wikipedia

- The Temple of Juno Lacinia (as a Roman goddess, originally Hera Lacinia) is a ruined ancient Gr**** temple at the heart of a sanctuary dedicated to Hera...
- Chlosyne lacinia, the bordered patch or sunflower patch, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The bordered patch is an extremely...
- Hemistomia lacinia is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Tateidae. This...
- The mouthparts are also unusual for ensiferans, having a knife-shaped lacinia (tip of the maxilla) and small elongated mandibles. These mouthparts suggest...
- The modern name derives from the remaining column of the Temple of Hera Lacinia. The peninsula was the site of a great sanctuary of Hera from the 7th c...
- (plural stipites). At the apex of each stipes are two lobes, the inner lacinia and outer galea (plurals laciniae and galeae). At the outer margin, the...
- Clockwise from top: temples of Concordia and Hera Lacinia in Agrigento, the temple of Segesta, and the Temple E in Selinunte...
- process between the molar and incisor teeth in the adults (called the lacinia mobilis), and of a carapace which is often reduced in size and is not fused...
- The plant is a larval host to the bordered patch butterfly (Chlosyne lacinia) and the painted schinia moth (Schinia volupia), which feed upon its foliage...
- the league. The meeting place for the league was the Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia at Capo Collone 10 km away, which was also used as the federal treasury...