crenate

American  

[kree-neyt] / ˈkri neɪt /

Also crenated

adjective

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

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crenate British  

/ ˈkriːneɪt, ˈkriːneɪtɪd /

adjective

1. having a scalloped margin, as certain leaves

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Other Word Forms

• crenately adverb
• noncrenate adjective
• noncrenated adjective
• subcrenate adjective
• subcrenated adjective
• subcrenately adverb

Etymology

Origin of crenate

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; see crenel) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

This may cause an animal cell to shrivel, or crenate.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

P. 5-7 cm. obtuse, lilac-fibrillose then pale; g. thick, crenate, at first saffron-ochre; s. 7-12 cm. bulbous, spongy, tinged violet, inside saffron; sp. 9-10 � 6. var. finitimus, Weinm.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Hirsute-tomentose or villous, 2–3° high, very leafy; leaves crenate, the radical oblong, petiolate, the cauline oblong-cordate to subcordate-lanceolate, the upper closely sessile; heads somewhat cymose, ½´ broad.—S. W. Mo. to La. and Tex.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Linear, lanceolate, oval, or oblong, serrated, dentate, or crenate leaves, are expressions forming part of the terminology of botany, while the names "Viola odorata," and "Ulex Europ�us," belong to its nomenclature.

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II by Mill, John Stuart

Leaves.—Ovate; often somewhat cordate at base; acute or obtuse; six to eighteen lines long; obscurely crenate.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth