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crenulation

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cren⋅u⋅la⋅tion

  [kren-yuh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a minute crenation.
2. the state of being crenulate.
Origin:
1840–50; crenulate + -ion
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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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