crenate

American  

[kree-nayt] / ˈkri neɪt /

Also crenated

adjective

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

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crenate British  

/ ˈkriːneɪt /

adjective

1. having a scalloped margin, as certain leaves

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Other Word Forms

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

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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; see crenel) + -ātus -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

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crenate

This may cause an animal cell to shrivel, or crenate.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

Leaves round, ovate, or kidney-shape, rounded at the base, crenate or lobed 12a, in SAXIFRAGACEAE, p.

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

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

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood

Nicotiana urens, or stinging tobacco: leaves cordate, crenate; racemes recurved; stem hispid, stinging.

From Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion by Henry James Meller

Ovaries 5–10, becoming nearly dry seed-like drupes; styles terminal, deciduous.—Low perennials, with creeping and densely tufted stems or rootstocks, and roundish-heart-shaped crenate leaves on slender petioles.

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

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