pectinate adjective. ['pɛktɪnǝt] LME.
[Latin pectinatus pa. pple of pectinare to comb, formed as PECTEN: see -ATE².]
1. Of hemp: dressed, combed. Only in LME.

2. Chiefly Botany & Zoology. Shaped like a comb; having straight narrow closely-set projections or divisions like the teeth of a comb. L18.

■ pectinately adverb M19.

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pectinate verb. ['pɛktɪneɪt] rare. E17.
[Latin pectinat- pa. ppl stem of pectinare: see PECTINATE adjective, -ATE³.]
1. verb trans. Comb. E-M17.

2. verb trans. & intrans. Interlock (with) like the teeth of two combs. M17.

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