crenature


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cren·a·ture

 (krĕn′ə-chər, krē′nə-)
n.
A rounded projection; a crenation.
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Noun1.crenature - 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.)crenature - 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.)
crenation, crenel, crenelle, scallop
curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
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