crenate

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

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  1. 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).

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  1. from New Latin crenatus, from Latin crena, a notch: see crena.
  2. from cren(ic) + -ate.
 

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/ˈkrineɪt/
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