Definition of "pectinate" []

• Having projections resembling the teeth of a comb; comblike. (adjective)

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• "The term pectinate sulcate is employed on account of a series of small elevations on the ridges, giving them a pectinate, or comb-like, appearance."
• "_Polypody_, many footed, by reason of the pectinate fronds."
• "Spikes solitary; spikelets 1-flowered; first glume of the sessile spikelet pectinate 21."