serrate
Like pinking shears
Serrate means having a jagged edge like the teeth of a saw.
The term appears most often in biology describing leaf margins: The serrate leaves of the elm tree.
A serrated knife has a toothed blade for cutting bread or tomatoes.
The verb serrate means to give something such an edge.
Sharply uneven, notched
- toothedHaving pointed projections
- notchedHaving V-shaped cuts
- scallopedHaving rounded, wavelike edges
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
sawtooth · denticulate · indented · uneven · spiky · ragged · dentate · sinuate
Plant's photosynthetic organ
- marginEdge of a page
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- frondLarge, segmented plant blade
- hollySpiny-leaved winter shrub
nettle · dandelion · thistle · fern · sawgrass · carnation · chicory · foliage
Past of perceive
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- shearsHeavy-duty cutting blades
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
pinking · bread knife · steak knife · pruning · secateurs · sickle · cutting · kerf
Lower facial bone
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- rostrumRaised speaker's platform
- ovipositorInsect egg-laying appendage
- tarsalOf the ankle
maxilla · palp · appendage · exoskeleton · carapace · arthropod · insect · crustacean
jagged
Sharply uneven, notched
zigzag · sawtooth · denticulate · indented · uneven · spiky · ragged · dentate · sinuate · incised
leaf
Plant's photosynthetic organ
holly · nettle · dandelion · thistle · fern · sawgrass · carnation · chicory · foliage · lamina
saw
Past of perceive
scissors · pinking · bread knife · steak knife · pruning · secateurs · sickle · cutting · kerf · teeth
mandible
Lower facial bone
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- rostrumRaised speaker's platform
- ovipositorInsect egg-laying appendage
tarsal · maxilla · palp · appendage · exoskeleton · carapace · arthropod · insect · crustacean · pincer
- leaf traitscordate, lanceolate, ovate, dentate, entire
- notchinggroove, slot, score, nick, notch
- Drosophila geneticsMorgan, Muller, balancers, Hox genes, wingless
- antenna partsscape, pedicel, flagellum, segments, annuli
- Developmental GenesHox genes, deformed, labial, caudal, nanos
- leaf anatomyblade, lamina, margin, midrib, petiole
- serrated knifeBlade with toothy edge
- serrated leavesFoliage with pointed margins
- serrated edgeNotched cutting surface
- serrated teethNotched dental edges
- serrated bladeCutting tool with teeth
- serrated scissorsBlades with notched edges