Meaning & use
Crenated
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Having a margin or edge with small, rounded, scallop-like notches.
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The leaf's crenated edges made it easy to identify under the microscope.
Certain red blood cells become crenated when placed in a salty solution.
A note on using this word
The term appears often in botany, to describe leaf margins, and in biology, to describe shrunken cells.
Words with a similar meaning
scallopednotched
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Words with an opposite meaning
smooth-edged
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