Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a margin or contour with shallow, usually rounded notches and projections; finely notched or scalloped.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Notched; marked as with notches.
- Specifically— In botany, having the edge cut into very small scallops, as some leaves. Also crenelate, crenellate.
- In conchology, an epithet applied to the indented margin of a shell. The fine saw-like edge of the shell of the cockle, which fits nicely into the opposite shell, is a familiar example.
- In entomology, finely crenate or waved: as, a crenulate margin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Minutely crenate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective sciences Minutely
crenate orscalloped .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a margin with small rounded teeth
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The principal species, _B. crenulata_, has leaves of a smooth leathery texture, oblong-ovate in shape, from an inch to an inch and a half in length, with serrulate or crenulate margins, on which as well as on the under side are conspicuous oil-glands.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Leaf more divided than in _oblìquum_ and the numerous segments not so long and pointed, but large, fleshy, ovate or obovate (including var. _austràle_), crenulate, and more or less toothed.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Ultimate segments oblong, rounded at the apex, crenulate-serrate, less divided than any of the others and, perhaps, less common.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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The lower pinnæ pinnately parted into three to five divisions, those of the fertile fronds oblong or linear-oblong; those of the sterile, obovate or ovate, crenulate, decurrent at the base.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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These are somewhat hyaline and are closely approximated, giving the impression of a tight-fitting crenulate casing about the lower half.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The = gills = are orange yellow, 2 -- 3 mm. broad, not crowded, regularly forked several times, thin, blunt, very wavy and crenulate, easily separating from the hymenophore when fresh; the entire breadth of the gills is fluted, giving a corrugated appearance to the side.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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In some other plants the edges are _serrulate_, _crenulate_, etc. In
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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Small pitcher-shaped cooking pot with handle and crenulate margin.
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Leaves simple, alternate, 2-4 inches long, smooth and bright green above, smooth and whitish beneath when fully grown; outline ovate-lanceolate to narrowly oblong-oval, crenulate-serrate to entire; apex acute, base acute and entire; leafstalk short; stipules toothed or entire.
Handbook of the Trees of New England Lorin Low Dame 1860
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Leaves 3-5 inches long, light green on the upper side, paler beneath, pubescent when young; outline ovate-obovate or orbicular, crenulate-serrate; teeth not bristle-tipped; apex abruptly acuminate; base wedge-shaped, rounded, somewhat heart-shaped, or narrowing to a short petiole more or less red-glandular near the blade; stipules usually linear, ciliate, soon falling.
Handbook of the Trees of New England Lorin Low Dame 1860
reesetee commented on the word crenulate
having a slightly scalloped edge
June 12, 2007
seanahan commented on the word crenulate
Like scalloped potatoes.
June 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word crenulate
But scalloped potatoes sound so much tastier than crenulated potatoes. ;-)
June 13, 2007