Found 2 items, similar to serrate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: serrate
serrate
adj : notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn:
serrated,
saw-toothed,
toothed,
notched]
serrate
v : make saw-toothed or jag the edge of;
“serrate the edges of
the teeth”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Serrate
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as,
serrate leaves.
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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.
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