What is "crenature"

Crenature \Cren"a*ture\ (kr?n"?-t?r or kr?"n?-; 135), n.

1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.

2. The state of being crenated or notched.

n. 1 (context botany English) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; a crenelle. 2 The state of being crenated or notched.

n. 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, crenel, crenelle]