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cris⋅pate

  [kris-peyt]
–adjective Botany.
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
Also, cris⋅pat⋅ed.
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cris·pate     (krĭs'pāt')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Curled or ruffled, as the margins of certain leaves.

[Latin crispātus, past participle of crispāre, to curl, from crispus, curly; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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crispate

adjective
wavy or notched and curled very irregularly 

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Crispate

Cris"pate\ (kr?s"p?t), Crispated \Cris"pa*ted\ (-p?-t?d), a. [L. crispatus, p. p. of crispare.] Having a crisped appearance; irregularly curled or twisted.

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