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denticulate

[ den-tik-yuh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

  1. Botany, Zoology. finely dentate, as a leaf.
  2. Architecture. having dentils.


denticulate

/ dɛnˈtɪkjʊlɪt; -ˌleɪt /

adjective

  1. biology very finely toothed

    denticulate leaves

  2. having denticles
  3. architect having dentils
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپܱٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·پ··ٱ· adverb
  • ܱ·پ··پ··ٱ adjective
  • ܱ·پ··پ··· adjective
  • ܲ··پ··ٱ adjective
  • ܲ··پ··· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of denticulate1

1655–65; < Latin Գپܱٳܲ having small teeth, equivalent to denticul ( us ) denticle + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of denticulate1

C17: from Latin Գپܱٳܲ having small teeth
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Creeping; leaves somewhat rigid, repand, deeply lobed; lobes rounded, submucronate, the lower appressed, the upper convex with incurved apex; perianth ovate, denticulate.

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Leaves.—Alternate; elliptic to oblong; denticulate or entire; leathery; one to four inches long; six to eighteen lines wide.

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Beak incurvated as if broken, denticulate; feet webbed: 1 species.

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Barbellate, said of the bristles of the pappus of some Composit� when beset with short, stiff hairs, longer than when denticulate, but shorter than when plumose.

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Pelvic plate bearing three anteriorly diverging apophyses, and one denticulate ventromedian process for articulation to opposite plate.

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