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Webster 1913 Edition

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(dĕn′tā̍t)

(dĕn′tā̍-tĕd)

, }

Adj.

[L.

dentatus

, fr.

dens

dentis

, tooth.]

(Bot.)

Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward;

as, a

dentate

leaf

(Zool.)

Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of

dentated ‎(not comparable)

dentate
- 1859-1861, Mrs. Isabella Beeton, The Book of Household Management:
  Another variety is often red, with a black breast and single dentated comb.
- 1907, Edited by Rev. James Wood, The Nuttall Encyclopaedia:
  IONIC ORDER, an order of Grecian architecture, characterised by the volute of its capital in the form of a ram's horn, and in which the cornice is dentated, the shaft fluted, and the entablature plain or embellished.