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; 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

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 Project Gutenberg

Evergreen beech.—Leaves ovate, elliptic, obtuse crenulate, leathery, shining glabrous, round at the base or short footstalks.

From Project Gutenberg

P. convex, edge very thin, crenulate, sulcate, cuticle tawny cracking in the centre; g. adnexed by a tooth; s. solid, thickened upwards, peronate half way up.

From Project Gutenberg

The gills are notched, thin, narrow, whitish then brown, crowded, edge crenulate, and with beads of moisture.

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