Definitions for serrulate

serrulate ser·ru·late

Spelling: [ser-yuh-lit, -leyt, ser-uh-]
IPA: /ˈsɛr yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈsɛr ə-/

Serrulate is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 429 anagrams from letters in serrulate (aeelrrstu).

Definitions for serrulate

adjective

  1. finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.

Origin of serrulate

1785-95; New Latin serrulātus, equivalent to Latin serrul(a) small saw (see serrate, -ule1) + -ātus -ate

Examples for serrulate

Serrulata means saw-bearing, so named from the serrulate character of the gills.

The glumes may remain attached: the outer has a serrulate keel, and often a violet hue.

Besides, the sterile fronds of the latter have serrulate segments.

Broadest at the base, with lanceolate, serrulate divisions united by a broad wing.

Palea distinctly toothed at the apex, making it almost three-lobed and very characteristic; with awn-point; five ribs, serrulate.

In some other plants the edges are serrulate, crenulate, etc.

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