dentate

Having jagged margins

Dentate means having teeth or tooth-like projections along an edge.

The term appears most often in biology and anatomy, describing leaves with pointed serrations dentate margins or brain structures with jagged profiles the dentate gyrus.

A dentate edge resembles a row of small teeth.

edge

serrated

Having toothlike projections

zigzag · scalloped · crenulated · indented · incised · margin · pointed · spiny · barbed · ridged

mechanical

gear

Toothed wheel or belongings

ratchet · spur · rack · cog · meshing · teeth · engagement · notched · wheel · mechanism

anatomy

toothed

Having pointed projections

enamel · occlusion · mandible · maxilla · jaw · vertebrate · skull · fossil · palaeontology · morphology

leaf

serrated

Having toothlike projections

flora · veins · petiole · morphology · fronds · pinnate · lobed · incised · blade · lamina

Opposites
edge texture/morphology

dentateentire

Lacking no part

smooth · toothless · untoothed · even · plain

Phrases
Family

dental, indentation, indentations, tridentate, dentated, dentation, dentalize

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