serrulate
Americanadjective
adjective
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
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Pubescent or glabrate; stem slender, simple, with few large heads terminating slender branchlets; leaves lanceolate, very acute, narrowed to a sessile base, sparingly serrate or serrulate; scales linear-attenuate, equal, mostly herbaceous; rays blue.—N. Dak. 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
P. 9-15 cm. fleshy, firm, elastic, shining, depr. behind, smoky-yellow then grey, edge incurved; g. serrulate, white; s. 2-3 cm. short, thick, whitish; sp. ——. var. anglicus.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. convex, umb. then plane, viscid, rufous brown, discoid, with scattered yellow pilose scales; g. serrulate, white then brown; s. elongated, cuticle separating. sobria, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Leaves finely serrulate or entire Pear, Pyrus communis. 39b.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan
Leaves evergreen, oval-oblong to elliptical, 1 to 4 in. long, rather obtuse, sometimes acute, generally rounded at base, serrulate or entire.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
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