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Crenate

Crenate \Cre"nate\ (kr[=e]"n[asl]t), Crenated \Cre"na*ted\ (kr[=e]"n[asl]*t[e^]d), a. [L. crena notch. See Cranny.] (Bot.) Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops.

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crenate

a. (context botany English) Having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped. n. (context chemistry English) Any salt or ester of crenic acid

WordNet
crenate

adj. having a margin with rounded scallops [syn: crenated, scalloped]

Usage examples of "crenate".

They pushed the burning pots into the crenates in the battlements, and a rectangle of signal fires flickered high above the valley floor.

They were at the very edge of the parapet, looking out over the crenated wall at the open sea below.