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crenulate

[ kren-yuh-leyt, -lit ]

adjective

  1. minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.


crenulate

/ -lɪt; ˈkrɛnjʊˌleɪt /

adjective

  1. having a margin very finely notched with rounded projections, 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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of crenulate1

1785–95; < New Latin ³Š°ùŧ²Ô³Ü±ôÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, equivalent to ³Š°ùŧ²Ô³Ü±ô ( a ) (diminutive of ³Š°ùŧ²Ô²¹ notch; crenate ) + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of crenulate1

C18: from New Latin ³Š°ùŧ²Ô³Ü±ôÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, from ³Š°ùŧ²Ô³Ü±ôa, literally: a little notch; see crenel
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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

Thallus 3–6®® long, 1–3®® wide, with membranous margins; receptacle small, hemispherical, 1–4-fruited, the peduncle about 1® high, sparingly scaly at base, barbulate at the apex; involucre short, crenulate; spores tuberculate.

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Evergreen beech.—Leaves ovate, elliptic, obtuse crenulate, leathery, shining glabrous, round at the base or short footstalks.

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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

The gills are close, reaching the stem, and sometimes forming decurrent lines upon it, floccose crenulate on the edge, the short ones truncate at the inner extremity, white.

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