crenulate

American  

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

Also crenulated

adjective

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

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crenulate British  

/ ˈkrɛnjʊˌleɪt, -lɪt /

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

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crenulate

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

Thallus 3–6´´ long, 1–3´´ wide, with membranous margins; receptacle small, hemispherical, 1–4-fruited, the peduncle about 1´ high, sparingly scaly at base, barbulate at the apex; involucre short, crenulate; spores tuberculate.

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 Asa Gray

Small pitcher-shaped cooking pot with handle and crenulate margin. 277-278.

From Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466 by James Stevenson

Stylopodium mostly depressed, but the disk prominent and crenulate.

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 Asa Gray

Leaves finely crenulate or serrate Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides. 5a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason