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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

serratus

, fr.

serra

a saw; perhaps akin to

secare

to cut, E.

saw

a cutting instrument. Cf.

Notched on the edge, like a saw.

(Bot.)

Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards;

as,

serrate

leaves

Doubly serrate

having small serratures upon the large ones, as the leaves of the elm.

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Serrate-ciliate

having fine hairs, like the eyelashes, on the serratures; – said of a leaf.

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Serrate-dentate

having the serratures toothed.

, edge, like a saw. In botany, having sharp notches about the edge, pointing towards the extremity; as a serrate leaf.