Serrate
Serrate , adjective
[Latin serratus, from serra a saw; perhaps akin to secare to cut, English saw a cutting instrument. Compare Sierra.]
1.
Notched on the edge, like a saw.
2.
(Botany) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves.
Collocations (3)
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.
Also: Serrated