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white-edged

white-edged

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Having a white border around it
  • adjective
translation icon : con borde blanco
  • The flower had white-edged petals.

Examples

  • The white-edged petals of the flower stood out against its dark center.

  • She wore a white-edged scarf that complemented her dress perfectly.

  • The butterfly's white-edged wings made it easy to spot among the green leaves.

  • I noticed a white-edged leaf on the ground.

  • The garden was filled with plants having white-edged leaves that stood out against the green background.

  • She selected the white-edged flowers for her bouquet to add a delicate contrast.

  • The artwork featured a frame with a white-edged design that highlighted the vibrant colors inside.

Surface Forms

white-edged positive

Morphology

white-edged = white + edge (transparent) = white + edge + ed

Formed by the compound 'white-edge' plus the regular adjectival suffix '-ed', so the meaning 'having a white edge' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word white-edged comes from the parts white ('the color white') and edge ('border'), which gives a clear picture of a thin white line around something, like a photo with a white frame. So, white-edged means 'having a border or edge that is white in color'.