'Crenation' definitions:
Definition of 'crenation'
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.) [syn:
scallop, crenation,
crenature,
crenel,
crenelle]
Definition of 'Crenation'
- Crenation \Cre*na"tion\ (kr?-n?"sh?n), n.
- 1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
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- 2. The condition of being crenate.
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