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Synonyms for serrate

Grammar : Adj
Spell : adjective ser-eyt, -it; verb ser-eyt, suh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective ˈsɛr eɪt, -ɪt; verb ˈsɛr eɪt, səˈreɪt

Définition of serrate

Origin :
  • "notched," 1660s, from Latin serratus "sawlike, notched like a saw," from serra "a saw," of unknown origin. Related: Serrated; serrating.
  • adj jagged
Example sentences :
  • The cone-scales are very small, but the bracts are large, thick, and serrate.
  • Extract from : « Trees of the Northern United States » by Austin C. Apgar
  • The serrate pines on my horizon are not the pickets of a great pen.
  • Extract from : « The Face of the Fields » by Dallas Lore Sharp
  • If not entire it may be toothed, serrate (sawlike), crenate or wavy.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • The leaves are opposite, elliptical, serrate, with short stalks.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • Its leaves are large, flat, oval or oblong, with serrate edges.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • The leaves are nearly round, with a sharp point and a serrate margin.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • The leaves of black gum are simple and alternate; not serrate.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • The four prominent triangular edges of the latter are very thin and broad lamell, finely dentate or serrate.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Bos recognized the serrate tops of the Pyrenees and was filled with joy.
  • Extract from : « A Tour Through The Pyrenees » by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
  • They may be serrate or crenate, doubly or singly divided, glandular or glandless.
  • Extract from : « The Peaches of New York » by U. P. Hedrick

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