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

Derived Forms

• ˈcrenately, adverb

Other Words From

• non·cre·nate adjective
• non·cre·nat·ed adjective
• sub·cre·nate adjective
• sub·cre·nate·ly adverb
• sub·cre·nat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of crenate¹

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; crenel ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of crenate¹

C18: from New Latin crēnātus, from Medieval Latin, probably from Late Latin crēna a notch

Example Sentences

Annual; flowers clustered; bractlets of the calyx and bracts lance-awl-form, herbaceous, downy, as long as the tube; leaves linear, hairy; petals small, rose-color with white dots, crenate.—Fields, etc., eastward.

From Project Gutenberg

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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