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Dentate [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

DENTATE ,

Dentate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Toothed; notched.

2. In botany, a dentated root is one that consists of a concatenation of joints, resembling a necklace.

3. A dentate leaf is one that has horizontal points, with a space between each, or points in the plane of the disk, or having points like teeth on the margin.

Dentate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Dentated

Dentate-ciliate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.

Dentate-sinuate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.

Dentated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.

2. Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennae.

Dentately [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.