dentate

American  

[den-teyt] / ˈdɛn teɪt /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes.

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dentate British  

/ ˈdɛnteɪt /

adjective

1. having teeth or toothlike processes

2. (of leaves) having a toothed margin

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dentate Scientific  

/ dĕn′tāt′ /

1. Edged with toothlike projections; toothed. Used of leaves, such as those of birches.

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Other Word Forms

• dentately adverb
• subdentate adjective

Etymology

Origin of dentate

1800–10; < Latin dentātus, equivalent to dent- (stem of dēns ) tooth + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The hippocampus, a brain region important for forming memories linked to specific places and contexts, produces new neurons daily in an area called the dentate gyrus.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2024

Most lost are dentate gyrus neuroblasts, which are essential for creating neurons in the hippocampus, a region linked to memory and diseases like Alzheimer's.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023

In the dentate nucleus variably intense synaptic prion protein immunoreactivity was present, while the cyto-architecture of the nucleus was well preserved.

From Nature • Sep. 8, 2015

"There is a certain unsafeness in the Philippines, but Cambodia is probably worse," Volker declares as we amble through his garden, past beds of dentate flytraps and sticky sundews.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2012

Lobes of the leaf dentate or incised Mallow, Malva alcea. 10b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan