CRENATION
scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle
(noun) 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.)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crenation (countable and uncountable, plural crenations)
(biology) The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells.
(botany) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
The condition of being crenate.
Anagrams
• container, cotarnine, narcotine
Source: Wiktionary
Cre*na"tion (kr-n"shn), n.
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
2. The condition of being crenate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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