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Definition of Crenature
1. 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.).
Generic synonyms: Curve, Curved Shape
Derivative terms: Scallop, Scallop
Definition of Crenature
1. n. A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.
Definition of Crenature
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crenature
Literary usage of Crenature
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fossil Flora of Great Britain: Or, Figures and Descriptions of the by John Lindley, William Hutton (1833)
"The leaflets were oblong, rather dilated at their base, and divided on each side
into about six entire crenature«, which become gradually smaller towards ..."
2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"Diminutive of Crenate, ie with small crenature». Crested. Furnished with any
elevated line, ridge, or conspicuous elevation on the surface, especially such ..."
3. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"Sori numerous, intramarginal, discreet, in a line alon,s tin- upper edge, one
for each crenature. Invol. small, curved or reniform, its outer margin falling ..."
4. Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John by Elisha Kent Kane (1856)
"... 3-4 at the base of each peduncle; leaflets cuneate, with dilated crenate
margins, each crenature having a blunt mucro. Scape thick, naked, one-flowered, ..."
5. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"... ciliate on the margin and aristate at the apex of each crenature; petioles
1-2 cm. long, glandular and villous, with long spreading white hairs; ..."
6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... in crenature» of the angles with scanty wool and an occasional bristle: fls.
greenish white, ..."
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