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PECTINATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pectinate mean?
• PECTINATE (adjective)
The adjective PECTINATE has 1 sense:
1. like a comb
Familiarity information: PECTINATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Like a comb
Similar:
rough (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)
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"Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it." (Arabic proverb)
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