-dentate suffix.
[dɛnteɪt][formed as DENTATE.]Forming adjectives with the senses
(a) Zoology &
Botany having teeth or toothlike projections of the specified number or kind,
(b) Chemistry forming the specified number of bonds with another atom, esp. as a ligand; as
bidentate,
curvidentate,
duplicato-dentate,
polydentate.
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dentate adjective.
['dɛnteɪt] LME.[Latin dentatus, from dens, dent- tooth: see -ATE2.]Chiefly
Zoology &
Botany. Toothed; having toothlike projections or notches along the edge;
spec. (of a leaf etc.) having sharp outwardly directed teeth.
■ dentated adjective =
DENTATE M18. ■ den'tation noun the condition or fact of being dentate
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