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serrated |
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]: serrated adj : notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn: {serrate}, {saw-toothed}, {toothed}, {notched}]
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