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crenate
crenate leaf

cre·nate

 (krē′nāt′) also cre·nat·ed (-nā′tĭd)
adj.
Having a margin with low, rounded or scalloped projections: a crenate leaf.
[New Latin crēnātus, from Late Medieval Latin crēna, notch, from a reading of an uncertain Latin word in a corrupt passage in Pliny the Elder (influenced by Old French cren, notch).]
cre′nate′ly adv.
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Adj.1.crenated - having a margin with rounded scallops
crenate, scalloped
rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
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