denticulate

• Fachsprachliches Adjektiv mit der Bedeutung 'mit kleinen Zähnen oder zahnartigen Fortsätzen versehen'; fein gezähnt oder gezackt.

An obsolete adjective meaning having small teeth or tooth-like projections; finely serrated or notched.

1. Finely toothed marginC2formal

   Having a margin or edge that is finely toothed or notched, like a small saw.

   Fein gezähnt

   • The leaf of this plant is denticulate along its edges.
   • Botanists noted the denticulate structure of the fossilized fern.
   • The denticulate pattern on the shell is barely visible to the naked eye.

   Synonymedentatenotchedserrateserrulatetoothed