crenate

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crenatecrenate leaf

cre·nate

C0739200 (krē′nāt′) also cre·nat·ed (-nā′tĭd)adj. Having a margin with low, rounded or scalloped projections: a crenate leaf.

[New Latin crēnātus, from Late Medieval Latin crēna, notch, from a reading of an uncertain Latin word in a corrupt passage in Pliny the Elder (influenced by Old French cren, notch).]

cre′nate′ly adv.

crenate

(ˈkriːneɪt) or

crenated

adj (Botany) having a scalloped margin, as certain leaves[C18: from New Latin crēnātus, from Medieval Latin, probably from Late Latin crēna a notch] ˈcrenately adv

cre•nate

(ˈkri neɪt)

also cre′nat•ed,

adj. having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf. [1785–95; < New Latin crēnātus= Latin crēn(a) a notch + -ātus -ate¹]

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Adj.

crenate - having a margin with rounded scallopscrenated, scallopedrough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

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, crenated (krē'nāt, -nā-ted), Indented; denoting the outline of a shriveled red blood cell, as observed in a hypertonic solution.
See also: crenocyte. [L. crena, a notch]

crenate

(krē′nāt′) also

crenated

(-nā′tĭd)adj. Having a margin with low, rounded or scalloped projections: a crenate leaf.

cre′nate′ly adv.

cre·nate

, crenated (krē'nāt, -nā-ted) Indented; denoting the outline of a shriveled red blood cell, as observed in a hypertonic solution. [L. crena, a notch]

crenate

(of plant leaves) having a notched edge.

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Synonyms for crenate

adj having a margin with rounded scallops

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