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cordate

[ kawr-deyt ]

adjective

  1. heart-shaped:

    a cordate shell.

  2. (of leaves) heart-shaped, with the attachment at the notched end.


cordate

/ ˈɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. heart-shaped

    cordate shells

    a cordate leaf

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cordate

/ ô /

  1. Having a heart-shaped outline. Often used of leaves, such as those of the morning glory or linden.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰ岹ٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ǰdٱ· adverb
  • 󲹱-ǰdٱ adjective
  • ܱt·ǰdٱ adjective noun
  • i·ǰdٱ adjective
  • ܲ·ǰdٱ adjective
  • sub·ǰdٱ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cordate1

First recorded in 1645–55; from New Latin ǰٳܲ “heart-shaped,” equivalent to Latin cord- (stem of cor ) heart + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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Example Sentences

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The cordate leaves were large and broad, and ended in a single point.

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Seeds winged on each side, the wings cut into a fringe.—Trees, with ovate or cordate and mainly opposite leaves.

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B. cordifolium, 4 ft., has large cordate leaves, and heads of rich orange flowers in cymose panicles in July.

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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.

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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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