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ぜんえん
1. [n] {botany}
▶ entire margin (of a leaf)
▶ leaf edge without serrations or bumps



History:
2. A 2025-07-05 05:56:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Maybe this.
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>entire fringe</gloss>
+<gloss>leaf edge without serrations or bumps</gloss>
1. A* 2025-07-02 12:45:58  Sombrero1
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 全縁  │ 8.210 │ 95.2% │25万語医学用語大辞典 英和/和英, GG5, 岩波 生物学辞典 第4版, マグローヒル科学技術用語大辞典-第3版-
│ 全縁の │   414 │  4.8% │
╰─ーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
Some refs have ~の, but ndl examples are mostly 全緣葉, ngrams agree

This refers to a leaf whose margin is fully continuous, i.e. without any undulation or serration
  Comments:
Difficult to gloss in english. Easier in german

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