crenulate

American  

[kren-yuh-leyt, -lit] / ˈkrɛn yəˌleɪt, -lɪt /

Also crenulated

adjective

1. minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.

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crenulate British  

/ -lɪt, ˈkrɛnjʊˌleɪt /

adjective

1. having a margin very finely notched with rounded projections, as certain leaves

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Etymology

Origin of crenulate

1785–95; < New Latin crēnulātus, equivalent to crēnul ( a ) (diminutive of crēna notch; see crenate) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Avenatti’s offices, in Newport Beach, occupy half a floor of a tower overlooking the city’s crowded downtown and, farther out, the crenulate, denim-blue sprawl of the Pacific.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2018

White, caespitosely imbricated, p. dimidiate, sessile, ascending, glabrous, at length revolute; g. linear, densely crenulate; sp. glob.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. plano-depr. glabrous, viscid, discoid, yellowish brown-violet then yellow, margin verdigris green; g. emarginate, rather crowded, crenulate, pinkish violet then cinnamon; s. solid, stout, clavato-bulbous, almost glabrous, white; flesh white; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Stems coarse; flowers fleshy and more or less papillose; calyx-lobes triangular, acute; those of the broadly campanulate corolla ovate-lanceolate, minutely crenulate, spreading; scales large, deeply fringed; capsule enveloped by remains of corolla.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Crenulata means bearing notches, referring to the crenulate form of the gills, which are very distinct.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha