20 March 2017

crenulate or crenulated

[kren-yuh-leyt, -lit or kren-yuh-ley-tid]

adjective

1. minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves. Having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.

Origin of crenulate

1785-1795; < New Latin crēnulātus, equivalent to crēnul (a) (diminutive of crēna notch; see crenate ) + -ātus -ate1

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Historical Examples

They are both ventricose, thin, inflated shells, with large body-whorls and crenulated lips.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide
Augusta Foote Arnold

It is much like the Venus shells in form, but the margins are not crenulated.
The Sea Shore
William S. Furneaux

crenulated : Having a series of notches; marked as with notches, as the indented margin of a shell.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide
Augusta Foote Arnold

Anagram

cereal nut
tuner lace
true clean
lean truce

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