Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having a margin with very small, low, rounded teeth: a crenulate leaf.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Bot.) Minutely crenate.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having a margin with small rounded teeth
Etymologies
- New Latin crēnulātus, from crēnula, diminutive of Medieval Latin crēna, notch. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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
“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
“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
“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"
“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
“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.
“In some other plants the edges are _serrulate_, _crenulate_, etc. In”
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
“Small pitcher-shaped cooking pot with handle and crenulate margin.”
“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.”
“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.”
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reesetee But scalloped potatoes sound so much tastier than crenulated potatoes. ;-) Jun 12, 2007
seanahan Like scalloped potatoes. Jun 12, 2007
reesetee having a slightly scalloped edge Jun 12, 2007