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DENTATE LEAF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dentate leaf mean?
• DENTATE LEAF (noun)
The noun DENTATE LEAF has 1 sense:
1. a leaf having a toothed margin
Familiarity information: DENTATE LEAF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leaf having a toothed margin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("dentate leaf" is a kind of...):
foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dentate leaf"):
denticulate leaf (a leaf having a finely toothed margin; minutely dentate)
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