Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a pectinate manner; so as to be comb-like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a pectinate manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
pectinate manner.
Etymologies
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pectinate + -ly
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Examples
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The first glume is oblong or ovate, flat, smooth, coriaceous, pectinately margined with upcurved spines.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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But the young plants and even the young shoots when developing from the rootstocks under water comply with the above rule, producing very compound, finely and pectinately dissected leaves.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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