crenature Bot. & Zool.
(ˈkrɛnətjʊə(r), ˈkriːn-)
[f. mod.L. crēnāt-us + -ure: cf. OF. creneure.]
A rounded tooth or denticulation on the margin of a leaf, etc. Also sometimes applied to the notches or indentations between the teeth.
| 1816 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 389 Mining into the very crenatures between the two surfaces of the leaf. 1845 Lindley Sch. Bot. iv. (1858) 26 Leaflets 3-lobed, with ovate, rounded crenatures. 1872 Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 177 The leaves..produce young plants from buds originating in the notches (crenatures) of the margin. |