'Serrated' definitions:
Definition of 'serrated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn: serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, notched]
Definition of 'Serrated'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]