serrulate

American  

[ser-yuh-lit, -leyt, ser-uh-] / ˈsɛr yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈsɛr ə- /

Often serrulated

adjective

1. finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.

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serrulate British  

/ ˈsɛrʊˌleɪt, -lɪt /

adjective

1. (esp of leaves) minutely serrate

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Etymology

Origin of serrulate

1785–95; < New Latin serrulātus, equivalent to Latin serrul(a) “small saw” ( see serrate, -ule ( def. ) ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Shrubs or low trees with alternate, simple, exstipulate, ovate, serrulate leaves, soft downy beneath.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Serrulā′tion, the state of being serrulate; Serrurerie′, ornamental wrought-metal work.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Stem glabrous, tall, very leafy; leaves mostly alternate, linear to filiform and entire, or the lowest lanceolate and serrulate; scales filiform-attenuate.—Dry plains, Mo. to Neb., south and westward.

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

Glabrous, somewhat spinescent, 5–10° high; leaves thin, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, often serrulate; drupe elongated-oblong, usually pointed.—Wet river banks, S. W.

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

Leaves bright-green beneath, sharply serrulate Green Ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. lanceolata.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan