Crenature

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crenature \Cren"a*ture\ (kr?n"?-t?r or kr?"n?-; 135), n.
     1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any
        part that is crenate; -- called also {crenelle}.
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     2. The state of being crenated or notched.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crenature
       n : one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches
           between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge
           of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a
           shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic
           solution etc.) [syn: {scallop}, {crenation}, {crenel}, {crenelle}]