Definitions for crenate

crenate cre·nate

Spelling: [kree-neyt or kree-ney-tid]
IPA: /ˈkri neɪt or ˈkri neɪ tɪd/

Crenate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 207 anagrams from letters in crenate (aceenrt).

Definitions for crenate

adjective

  1. having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.

Origin of crenate

1785-95; New Latin crēnātus, equivalent to Latin crēn(a) a notch, serration (a word occurring in some manuscripts of Pliny, identified with a semantically related set of Rom words; see

Examples for crenate

Pinnæ roundish-ovate, crenate, with indistinct and forking midveins.

It has rounded, crenate leaves, with short stalks; and the wings of the fruit are very narrow.

crenate, or Crenelled, the edge scalloped into rounded teeth, 55.

If not entire it may be toothed, serrate (sawlike), crenate or wavy.

They may be serrate or crenate, doubly or singly divided, glandular or glandless.

The marginal half of the cap is also frequently furrowed more or less irregularly, and this forms a crenate or uneven edge.

The former leaves are deeply and doubly serrate, while the margins of the latter are always single and crenate.

It is often crenate or lobed on the margin, the larger plants showing this character more prominently.

crenate, or Scalloped, when the teeth are broad and rounded; as in Fig. 144.

Segments ovate or oblong, obtuse, crenate, the teeth or margin nearly always reflexed.

Word Value for crenate
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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