dentated

Edged with points

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

The term appears in botany for leaves with pointed serrations and in anatomy for structures with tooth-shaped features: dentated leaves, the dentated suture of the skull.

Synonymous with dentate, though dentate is more common in technical writing.

morphology

serrated

Having toothlike projections

jagged · sawtooth · denticulate · pectinate · indented · incised · cusped · pointed · marginal · lobed

gear

cogwheel

Toothed rotating machine part

ratchet · spur · cog · mechanism · meshing · drivetrain · gearwheel · transmission · toothed · interlocking

botany

leaf

Plant's photosynthetic organ

petal · stipule · bract · lamina · pinnate · foliage · herbarium · venation · botanical · specimen

anatomy

incisor

Cutting tooth in front

jawbone · mandible · maxilla · occlusion · cusps · enamel · ridge · alveolar · oral

Opposites
edge texture/form

dentatedsmooth

Without roughness or difficulty

entire · even · untoothed · plain · regular

Family

indentation, dentate, tridentate, dentation

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