serrature

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a row or arrangement of sawlike notches or teeth along an edge

   Backward-pointing serratures make a bee's sting difficult to withdraw from elastic skin.

2. 2
   noun

   one tooth or notch in a serrated edge

   Each serrature on the leaf margin ended in a fine point.

From Late Latin serratura, 'the act of sawing,' from serrare, 'to saw,' and serra, 'saw.' In anatomical and botanical writing it names either an entire saw-toothed edge or one of its individual teeth.

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