SERRATE

serrate. Serrate, a. jagged like a saw, having teeth

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{ Ser″rate (?), Ser″ra‐ted (?), } a. [[L. serratus, fr. serra a saw; perhaps akin to secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument. Cf. Sierra.]] 1. 1. Notched on the edge, like a saw.
2. 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.