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serrate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Serrate  \Ser"rate\,  Serrated  \Ser"ra*ted\,  a.  [L.  serratus,  fr 
  serra  a  saw;  perhaps  akin  to  secare  to  cut,  E.  saw  a  cutting 
  instrument.  Cf  {Sierra}.] 
  1.  Notched  on  the  edge,  like  a  saw. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  Beset  with  teeth  pointing  forwards  or  upwards;  as 
  serrate  leaves. 
 
  {Doubly  serrate},  having  small  serratures  upon  the  large 
  ones,  as  the  leaves  of  the  elm. 
 
  {Serrate-ciliate},  having  fine  hairs,  like  the  eyelashes,  on 
  the  serratures  --  said  of  a  leaf. 
 
  {Serrate-dentate},  having  the  serratures  toothed. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  serrate 
  adj  :  notched  like  a  saw  with  teeth  pointing  toward  the  apex  [syn: 
  {serrated},  {saw-toothed},  {toothed},  {notched}] 




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