adjective
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biology very finely toothed
denticulate leaves
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having denticles
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architect having dentils
Other Word Forms
- denticulately adverb
- multidenticulate adjective
- multidenticulated adjective
- subdenticulate adjective
- subdenticulated adjective
Etymology
Origin of denticulate
1655–65; < Latin denticulātus having small teeth, equivalent to denticul ( us ) denticle + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Less leafy, 3–4° high, loosely branched above or heads loosely panicled; leaves undivided, oblong-lanceolate, pointed, denticulate or entire; flowers yellow or purplish.
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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 denticulate, cylindrical, the tip hooked: 6 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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