dentate

American  

[den-teyt] / ˈdɛn teɪt /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes.

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dentate British  

/ ˈdɛnteɪt /

adjective

1. having teeth or toothlike processes

2. (of leaves) having a toothed margin

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dentate Scientific  

/ dĕn′tāt′ /

1. Edged with toothlike projections; toothed. Used of leaves, such as those of birches.

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Other Word Forms

• dentately adverb
• subdentate adjective

Etymology

Origin of dentate

1800–10; < Latin dentātus, equivalent to dent- (stem of dēns ) tooth + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Firstly, the researchers used a technique called optogenetics, where they added light-sensitive proteins to newly-formed neurons in the dentate gyrus, allowing the neurons to be activated by light.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2024

One of the most striking findings were in cells of the dentate gyrus, where the researchers detected an important reduction of the expression of Snhg11.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024

In the dentate nucleus variably intense synaptic prion protein immunoreactivity was present, while the cyto-architecture of the nucleus was well preserved.

From Nature • Sep. 8, 2015

"There is a certain unsafeness in the Philippines, but Cambodia is probably worse," Volker declares as we amble through his garden, past beds of dentate flytraps and sticky sundews.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2012

Involucre double, the inner shorter, of 2 or more dentate and deeply cleft leaves.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa