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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 marginplay

  Familiarity information: DENTATE LEAF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DENTATE LEAF (noun)


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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