crenate

American

[kree-neyt] / ˈkri neɪt /

Also crenated

adjective

having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.

crenate British

/ ˈkriːneɪt, ˈkriːneɪtɪd /

adjective

having a scalloped margin, as certain leaves

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Other Word Forms

crenately adverb
noncrenate adjective
noncrenated adjective
subcrenate adjective
subcrenated adjective
subcrenately adverb

Etymology

Origin of crenate

1785–95; < New Latin crēnātus, equivalent to Latin crēn ( a ) a notch, serration (a word occurring in some manuscripts of Pliny, identified with a semantically related set of Rom words; crenel ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Thallus 2–6´ long, ½–¾´ wide; receptacle conic, striate, crenate.

From Project Gutenberg

Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.

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Shortia.—S. galacifolia, a beautiful tufted plant 2 to 3 in. high, with roundish crenate leaves, on long stalks, and white funnel-shaped flowers in March and April.

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Leaves.—Alternate; short-petioled; an inch or two long; oval or ovate; crenately lobed above; the lobes often toothed; silky pubescent beneath.

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The projections between are rounded off so that the banks of the stream have assumed the crenate form shown in Plate XXVIII, and Frontispiece.

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