Definition of Biserrate

1. Adjective. Having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched.

Similar to: Rough

Definition of Biserrate

1. a. Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves.

Definition of Biserrate

1. Adjective. (botany of leaves) Having serration that are themselves serrate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Biserrate

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Biserrate

1. 1. Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves. 2. Serrate on both sides, as some antennae. Origin: Pref. Bi- + serrate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biserrate

bisector
bisectors
bisectrices
bisectrix
bisectrixes
bisects
bisegment
bisegments
bisemic
bisensory
biseptate
biserial
biserial correlation
biserial correlation coefficient
biseriate
biserrate (current term)
bises
bisferient
bisferious
bisferious pulse
bish
bish bash bosh
bishes

Literary usage of Biserrate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1906)
"Fore tarsus unequal, larger rlaw biserrate, the mid tooth blunt ; basal tooth narrow ... Mid tarsus unequal, larger claw biserrate, with a blunt mid tooth ..."

2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1900)
"Antenna; in male strongly biserrate, shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate, somewhat arched, thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint short, exposed, ..."

3. What may be learned from a tree by Harland Coultas (1863)
"At a we have the lamina of the leaf with only a biserrate margin, and no petiole. This specimen was nearest the flower. At b we have a trilobed condition of ..."

4. A Monograph of the Culicidae, Or Mosquitoes: Mainly Compiled from the by Fred. V. Theobald (1907)
"In the legs the only difference is that the fore ungues are unequal, the larger biserrate, ... behind and the fore larger, biserrate ; from G. ..."

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