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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Finely toothed or notched; minutely dentate.
- adjective Architecture Having dentils.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Finely dented; edged with minute tooth-like projections: as, a denticulate leaf, calyx, etc.
- In architecture, formed into dentils.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, zoology Finely
dentate , as a leaf edge; bearing many smalltoothlike structures. - adjective architecture Having
dentils .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a very finely toothed margin
Etymologies
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The other hitherto known species of the genus, have broad leaves, more or less denticulate, with patent nerves.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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The leaves, which are frequently damaged by insects, are alternate, elliptical, 6-20 cm long, 5-10 cm wide, entire, denticulate or sinuate.
Chapter 18 1990
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Stem with 2 to 4 pairs of opposite scales or buds below the compound leaves; leaflets glabrous, entire or denticulate _J. regia_
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
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The leaves are also smaller than those of that species; obovate, lanceolate, denticulate, and very mealy underneath.
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The leaves are heart-shaped, acutely lobed, denticulate, slightly wrinkled, hairy on both sides, and more or less spotted or splashed with brown spots on the main ribs; the leaf stalks are long, and carry the foliage gracefully.
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The other species which yield buchu are _B. serratifolia_, having linear-lanceolate sharply serrulate leaves, and _B. betulina_, the leaves of which are cuneate-obovate, with denticulate margins.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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