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Definition of Denticulate
1. Adjective. Having a very finely toothed margin.
Definition of Denticulate
1. a. Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx.
Definition of Denticulate
1. Adjective. (botany zoology) Finely dentate, as a leaf edge; bearing many small toothlike structures. ¹
2. Adjective. (architecture) Having dentils. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Denticulate
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Denticulate
1. Finely toothed. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denticulate
Literary usage of Denticulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"Animalcules similar to those of Trichodina, but the adherent sucking- disc or
acetabulum provided with a simply striated, non-denticulate corneous ring ..."
2. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Scienceedited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1868)
"1st lateral reflexed, denticulate. 2nd and 3rd narrower, and finely denticulate.
3. ... 2nd lateral narrow, not so much produced, denticulate. ..."
3. Mosses with Hand-lens and Microscope: A Non-technical Hand-book of the More by Abel Joel Grout (1903)
"... plicate, denticulate, papillose at back, with two slender parallel costae
extending about % the length of the leaf; basal cells thick-walled, pitted, ..."
4. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology and by Alphonso Wood (1861)
"Lvs. 2 to 4' by 8 to 15", usually denticulate Fis. on short pedicels, few or
numerous, in a superb, nodding raceme. Bracts linear-subulate, much shorter ..."
5. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"2Í-) erect, small, pubescent: leaves sessile, lance-oblong, acute, nerved,
mucronate-denticulate: flowers few, terminal, very long peduncled: teeth of the ..."
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