crenulateadj.

/ˈkrɛnjuːlət/

Etymology: < modern Latin crēnulātus, < crēnula , diminutive of crēna (see crena n.) + -ate suffix². In modern French crénulé.

1. Zoology and Botany. Having the edge divided into minute rounded teeth; finely notched or scalloped: said of a leaf, a shell, etc.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > notch or indentation

laciniated1657

incisory1693

lacerated1709

crenelled1727

emarginated1731

laciniate1760

lacerate1776

crenate1785

crenulate1785

emarginate1785

erose1793

crenulated1807

incised1826

fimbricate1846

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvii. 416 The second has the lip of the nectary crenulate.

1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 136 Margin of base crenulate.

1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) App. 309 Lower petal..3-lobed..lateral lobes usually..crenulate.

2. Geography. Of a shoreline: having many small irregular bays formed by the action of waves on softer rock.

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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > type of

embenched1599

bolda1665

bluff1694

sanded1702

steep-to1748

iron-bound1769

crenulate1919

weed1940

1919 D. W. Johnson Shore Processes vi. 278 Early in the youth of the shoreline the curves will be changed to sharply and irregularly crenulate lines by differential wave erosion... We may call a shoreline of this character a crenulate shoreline.

1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xxi. 349 All variations in rock hardness, and divisional planes, are picked out by the waves, and the line of the exposed portions of the shore becomes complex or crenulate.

1967 D. G. Fry tr. V. P. Zenkovich Processes Coastal Devel. viii. 492 A crenulate coastline often develops in igneous rocks, where there is alternation of veins and dykes of different compositions, and of zones of jointing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	crenulate
释义	crenulateadj. /ˈkrɛnjuːlət/ Etymology: < modern Latin crēnulātus, < crēnula , diminutive of crēna (see crena n.) + -ate suffix². In modern French crénulé. 1. Zoology and Botany. Having the edge divided into minute rounded teeth; finely notched or scalloped: said of a leaf, a shell, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > notch or indentation laciniated1657 incisory1693 lacerated1709 crenelled1727 emarginated1731 laciniate1760 lacerate1776 crenate1785 crenulate1785 emarginate1785 erose1793 crenulated1807 incised1826 fimbricate1846 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvii. 416 The second has the lip of the nectary crenulate. 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 136 Margin of base crenulate. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) App. 309 Lower petal..3-lobed..lateral lobes usually..crenulate. 2. Geography. Of a shoreline: having many small irregular bays formed by the action of waves on softer rock. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > type of embenched1599 bolda1665 bluff1694 sanded1702 steep-to1748 iron-bound1769 crenulate1919 weed1940 1919 D. W. Johnson Shore Processes vi. 278 Early in the youth of the shoreline the curves will be changed to sharply and irregularly crenulate lines by differential wave erosion... We may call a shoreline of this character a crenulate shoreline. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xxi. 349 All variations in rock hardness, and divisional planes, are picked out by the waves, and the line of the exposed portions of the shore becomes complex or crenulate. 1967 D. G. Fry tr. V. P. Zenkovich Processes Coastal Devel. viii. 492 A crenulate coastline often develops in igneous rocks, where there is alternation of veins and dykes of different compositions, and of zones of jointing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1785
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