crenulate

American  

[kren-yuh-layt, -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

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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

P. campan.-convex, lubricous, smoky-ochre, edge revolute downy and whitish; g. sinuate, crowded, reddish, edge white, crenulate; s. slender, whitish, subbulbous, with reflexed circinate fibrils; sp. 11-12 long. nauseosum, Cke.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 4-7 cm. exp. glabrous, rather viscid, brown then yellowish; g. pale rusty, edge crenulate, darker; s. 4-7 cm. shining, fibrillosely striate, subbulbous, apex white-mealy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

He failed to find any trace of the mandibles, but Le Conte described them as small, flat, subquadrate, with the inner side deeply crenulate, and resembling those of Corylophus; the stipes well developed, and biarticulate.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

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 European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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