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English Dictionary: serrated by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
serrated
adj
  1. notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
    Synonym(s): serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, notched
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Serrate \Ser"rate\, Serrated \Ser"ra*ted\, a. [L. serratus, fr.
      serra a saw; perhaps akin to secare to cut, E. saw a cutting
      instrument. Cf. {Sierra}.]
      1. Notched on the edge, like a saw.
  
      2. (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.
  
      {Serrate-ciliate}, having fine hairs, like the eyelashes, on
            the serratures; -- said of a leaf.
  
      {Serrate-dentate}, having the serratures toothed.
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