| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.[Websters]
2. Having teeth or toothlike points.[Websters] 3. Being serrated, jagged or serrate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb dentatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (dentatedly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dentated.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DENTATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DENTATED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Toothed; notched. In botany, a dentated root is one that consists of a concatenation of joints, resembling a necklace. A dentate leaf is one that has horizontal points, with a space between each, or points in the plane of the disk, or having points like teeth on the margin. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
