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cordate
[ kawr-deyt ]
adjective
- heart-shaped:
a cordate shell.
- (of leaves) heart-shaped, with the attachment at the notched end.
cordate
/ ˈɔːɪ /
adjective
- heart-shaped
cordate shells
a cordate leaf
cordate
/ ô′′ /
- Having a heart-shaped outline. Often used of leaves, such as those of the morning glory or linden.
Derived Forms
- ˈǰ岹ٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ǰdٱ· adverb
- -ǰdٱ adjective
- ܱt·ǰdٱ adjective noun
- i·ǰdٱ adjective
- ܲ·ǰdٱ adjective
- sub·ǰdٱ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The cordate leaves were large and broad, and ended in a single point.
Seeds winged on each side, the wings cut into a fringe.—Trees, with ovate or cordate and mainly opposite leaves.
B. cordifolium, 4 ft., has large cordate leaves, and heads of rich orange flowers in cymose panicles in July.
Later in the season, the large cordate leaves are quite conspicuous, and cause people to wonder what may have been the flower of so fine a vine.
Its outline, embracing the group of carpels, may be regular or irregular, long or short, cordate, wide or compressed; it may reach the eye or otherwise, and it frequently clasps that portion.
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