lacinia

/L AA0 CH IY1 N IY0 AH0/
noun
  1. 1

    (botany) 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. 2

    (botany) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.

  3. 3

    (zoology) The posterior inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.