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

Word History and Origins

Origin of crenulate¹

1785–95; < New Latin crēnulātus, equivalent to crēnul ( a ) (diminutive of crēna notch; crenate ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of crenulate¹

C18: from New Latin crēnulātus, from crēnula, literally: a little notch; see crenel

Example Sentences

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 New York Times

Stems coarse; flowers fleshy and more or less papillose; calyx-lobes triangular, acute; those of the broadly campanulate corolla ovate-lanceolate, minutely crenulate, spreading; scales large, deeply fringed; capsule enveloped by remains of corolla.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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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