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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Leaves mostly glabrous, pale or whitish, glaucous especially underneath, serrulate with bristly teeth.—Common in the Alleghanies southward, mostly on the higher ridges.
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 Asa Gray
Leaves.—Alternate; petioled; oblong; entire or serrulate; four inches or so long.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
P. 2-2.5 cm. even, exp. then subdepressed, pale rufous, often cracked; g. adnexed, broad, thickish, serrulate; s. 2-4 cm. polished, rufescent, not rooting; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 3-6 cm. exp. even, subumb. glabrous, viscid, rather wavy, tan then whitish; g. crowded, dry, serrulate; s. 8-11 cm. partly hollow, fragile, fibrillose, subequal, white, apex with white meal; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
The gills are attached to the stem, with a dark serrulate edge.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
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