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crenulate

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cren⋅u⋅late

  [kren-yuh-leyt, -lit]
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–adjective
minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
Also, cren⋅u⋅lat⋅ed.

Origin:
1785–95; < NL crēnulātus, equiv. to crēnul(a) (dim. of crēna notch; see crenate ) + -ātus -ate 1
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cren·u·late   (krěn'yə-lĭt, -lāt')   
adj.  Having a margin with very small, low, rounded teeth: a crenulate leaf.

[New Latin crēnulātus, from crēnula, diminutive of Medieval Latin crēna, notch.]
cren'u·la'tion n.
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