Hypertext Webster Gateway: "serrate"
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) 1.7 (wn)
serrate
adj : notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn:
{serrated}, {saw-toothed}, {toothed}, {notched}]
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