▪ I. pectinate, a. Chiefly Nat. Hist.
(ˈpɛktɪnət)
[ad. L. pectināt-us, f. pecten comb: see -ate2.]
= pectinated.
| 1793 Martyn Lang. Bot., Pectinatum folium, a pectinate leaf. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 321 Pectinate... Antennæ furnished on one side with a number of parallel stiff branches, resembling somewhat the teeth of a comb. 1833 A. Eaton Man. Bot. N. Amer. ii. (ed. 6) 129. 1846 Dana Zooph. 594 Margin of the pinnules pectinate. 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 189 Bracts with..pectinate tip and margins. |
▪ II. pectinate, v.
(ˈpɛktɪneɪt)
[f. L. pectināt-, ppl. stem of pectināre to comb, f. pecten comb.]
† 1. (See quot.) Obs. rare—0.
| 1623 Cockeram, Pectinate, to comb. 1656 in Blount. |
2. To fit together in alternation, like the teeth of two combs; to interlock. † a. trans. Obs. rare. b. intr. in reciprocal sense: = interdigitate.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xxii. 266 To sit crosse legg'd, or with our fingers pectinated or shut together is accounted bad. 1884 Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 234 The bundles..are separated from one another by other bundles, which pass between them, and pectinate with them. |