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crenate

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cre⋅nate

  [kree-neyt]
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–adjective
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
Also, cre⋅nat⋅ed.

Origin:
1785–95; < NL crēnātus, equiv. to L 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
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cre·nate   (krē'nāt')   


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adj.  Having a margin with low, rounded or scalloped projections: a crenate leaf.

[New Latin crēnātus, from Late Medieval Latin crēna, notch, from a reading of an uncertain Latin word in a corrupt passage in Pliny the Elder (influenced by Old French cren, notch).]
cre'nate'ly adv.
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crenate cre·nate (krē'nāt') or cre·nat·ed (-nā'tĭd)
adj.
Having a margin with low, rounded or scalloped projections or indentations.

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