CRENATURE

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


Noun

crenature (plural crenatures)

(botany) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; a crenelle.

The state of being crenated or notched.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Cren"a*ture (krn"-tr or kr"n-; 135), n.

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.

2. The state of being crenated or notched.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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