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crenate

[ kree-neyt ]

adjective

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


crenate

/ ˈkriːneɪt; ˈkriːneɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. having a scalloped margin, as certain leaves
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ԴDz··Բٱ adjective
  • ԴDz··Բ· adjective
  • ܲ··Բٱ adjective
  • ܲ··Բٱ·ly adverb
  • ܲ··Բ· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of crenate1

1785–95; < New Latin ŧٳܲ, equivalent to Latin ŧ ( a ) a notch, serration (a word occurring in some manuscripts of Pliny, identified with a semantically related set of Rom words; crenel ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of crenate1

C18: from New Latin ŧٳܲ, from Medieval Latin, probably from Late Latin ŧa a notch
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Example Sentences

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Thallus 2–6´ long, ½–¾´ wide; receptacle conic, striate, crenate.

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Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.

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Shortia.—S. galacifolia, a beautiful tufted plant 2 to 3 in. high, with roundish crenate leaves, on long stalks, and white funnel-shaped flowers in March and April.

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Leaves.—Alternate; short-petioled; an inch or two long; oval or ovate; crenately lobed above; the lobes often toothed; silky pubescent beneath.

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

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