Dentate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dentate \Den"tate\ (d[e^]n"t[asl]t), Dentated \Den"ta*ted\
     (d[e^]n"t[asl]*t[e^]d), a. [L. dentatus, fr. dens, dentis,
     tooth.]
     1. (Bot.) Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting
        straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as,
        a dentate leaf.


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     2. (Zool.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of
        {Antenn[ae]}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dentate
       adj : having toothlike projections in the margin

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "dentate":
     battlemented, chopped, clawed, crenate, crenated, crenellated,
     crenulate, dentated, digital, digitate, digitated, embrasured,
     erose, fanged, fingered, gashed, incised, indented, jagged, jaggy,
     jawed, lacerate, lacerated, nicked, notched, prehensile, raptorial,
     saw-toothed, sawlike, scalloped, scored, serrate, serrated,
     serrulated, taloned, toothed