Denticulate vs Denticule - What's the difference?
denticulate | denticule | Related terms |
(botany, zoology) Finely dentate, as a leaf edge; bearing many small toothlike structures.
* 1904 , Thomas R. R. Stebbing, "South African Crustacea. Part II." Marine Investigations in South Africa , Volume 2, page 80
* 1992 , Rogers McVaugh, William R. Anderson, Flora Novo-Galiciana: Gymnosperms and Pteridophytes , page 430
(architecture) Having dentils.
* 2001 , Ray McDevitt, Courthouses of California , page 330
Denticule is a related term of denticulate.
As an adjective denticulate
is finely dentate, as a leaf edge; bearing many small toothlike structures.As a noun denticule is
a small tooth or toothlike structure.denticulate
English
Adjective
(-)- the mouth is formed by a rather strong tooth over a denticulate margin, confronting what may be called the upper jaw,
- Selaginella tarda'' differs from ''S. sertata in that the plants are smaller and lacking flagelliform shoots, the leaves are denticulate , and the median leaves are not peltate.
- Each is embellished with Italian Renaissance-inspired detail, including rusticated stonework, pedimented window hoods, consoles, cartouches, a denticulate cornice and a roof-mounted balustrade