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)

Leaves when in pairs semicylindrical, becoming channelled; when more than 2 triangular; their edges in our species serrulate.

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

Seeds 1 or 2, enclosed in a white membranaceous many-cleft aril.—Low evergreen shrubs, with smooth serrulate coriaceous opposite leaves and very small green flowers solitary or fascicled in the axils.

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.—Alternate; petioled; oblong; entire or serrulate; four inches or so long.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

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