Origin: Latin
suffix -ure
Crenature has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
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.)
2
A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; a crenelle.
Broader Terms (hypernyms)