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歯牙状 (しがじょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

歯し牙が状じょう

Meanings

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noun

dentation; tooth-like shape

Technical term used in biology, botany, or descriptive morphology for a tooth-like or serrated shape.

この葉はの縁ふちは歯し牙が状じょうになっている。
The margin of this leaf is dentate.

Kanji

歯tooth, cog
牙tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)
状status quo, conditions, circumstances

Etymology

Compound of 歯牙 (shiga, 'teeth') and 状 (jō, 'shape' or 'form'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.