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cris⋅pate

  [kris-peyt]
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–adjective Botany.
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
Also, cris⋅pat⋅ed.
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cris·pate   (krĭs'pāt')   
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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