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dentate
[ den-teyt ]
adjective
- having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes.
dentate
/ ˈdɛnteɪt /
adjective
- having teeth or toothlike processes
- (of leaves) having a toothed margin
dentate
/ dĕn′tāt′ /
- Edged with toothlike projections; toothed. Used of leaves, such as those of birches.
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Derived Forms
- ˈdentately, adverb
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Other Words From
- dentate·ly adverb
- sub·dentate adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dentate1
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Example Sentences
He says: Leaves unequally and sharply dentate, slightly 3-lobed.
Bill somewhat finch-like but more swollen in outline; the upper mandible, in typical forms, toothed or dentate.
His description is as follows: Leaves cordate, dentate-serrate, glabrous on both sides.
The profusely dentate lady looked sharply at Strelsa; Susanne Lannis laughed.
Leaves complicate-bilobed, the upper lobe smaller, the lower succubous; margins entire or dentate or ciliate; underleaves none.
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