/kree"nayt/ , adj.
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
Also, crenated .
[ 1785-95; crenatus, equiv. to L cren ( a ) a notch, serration (a word occurring in some manuscripts of Pliny, identified with a semantically related set of Rom words; see CRENEL) + -atus -ATE 1 ]