<verb.contact> serrate the edges of the teeth [ adj ]
notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
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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.
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.