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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

  • denˈticulately, adverb
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Other Words From

  • den·tic·u·late·ly adverb
  • mul·ti·den·tic·u·late adjective
  • mul·ti·den·tic·u·lat·ed adjective
  • sub·den·tic·u·late adjective
  • sub·den·tic·u·lat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of denticulate1

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

Origin of denticulate1

C17: from Latin denticulātus having small teeth
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Example Sentences

The well-defined calyculus is narrowed below and eroded or denticulate above.

Achenes slender or spindle-shaped; pappus a single row of rather rigid and strongly roughened-denticulate bristles.

Perianth cylindrical, scarcely or not at all compressed, pluriplicate, denticulate.

Four edges of the spines denticulate; their outer free part about as long as the radius of the shell.

The edges of the spines are commonly smooth, rarely denticulate or serrate.

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