About The Word Dentate
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Dentate
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What's The Definition Of Dentate?
[adj] having toothlike projections in the margin
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dentate: rough Related Terms | Find terms related to Dentate: battlemented | chopped | clawed | crenate | crenated | crenellated | crenulate | dentated | digital | digitate | digitated | embrasured | erose | fanged | fingered | gashed | incised | indented | jagged | jaggy | jawed | lacerate | lacerated | nicked | notched | prehensile | raptorial | sawlike | saw-toothed | scalloped | scored | serrate | serrated | serrulated | taloned | toothed See Also | Dentate In Webster's Dictionary \Den"tate\, Dentated \Den"ta*ted\, a. [L. dentatus, fr.
dens, dentis, tooth.]
1. (Bot.) Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting
straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as,
a dentate leaf.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust.
of {Antenn[ae]}.
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