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Serrated leaf (sickle leaf)

A sickle leaf is a long, curved leaf with a serrated inner edge. Four of them surround the rosette and its diamond in each herati unit, and their resemblance to small fish gave the herati its Persian name, mahi.

Also lancet leaf · serrated leaves

See also Herati (Mahi)

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Serrated leaf: a detail of Zanjan Mahi Dorosht Persian Runner Rug
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