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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1846 1. a. a crenate formation; especially one of the rounded projections on an edge (as of a coin) b. the quality or state of being crenate 2. shrinkage of red blood cells resulting in crenate margins

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crenation Cre*na"tion (kr?-n?"sh?n), n. 1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf. 2. The condition of being crenate.