combining form of mod.L. crēnātus CRENATE; crenately, crenate-.
1845. Lindley, Sch. Bot., vii. (1858), 124. Leaves doubly and evenly crenato-serrate.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 304. It is represented as crenato-denticulate [= crenately-toothed].
1866. Treas. Bot., 346. Crenato-serrate, when serratures are convex, and not straight.