obcordate
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of obcordate
Example Sentences
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Embryo large and straight in fleshy albumen; cotyledons flat.—Herbs, with sour watery juice, alternate or radical leaves, mostly of 3 obcordate leaflets, which close and droop at nightfall.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
The first glume is large, broadly obovate or obcordate, cuneate, villous with brown hairs, 7- to 9-nerved.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Thallus obcordate, sparingly forked, increasing by joints; pores conspicuous; gemmæ none.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Pod orbicular, obovate, or obcordate, flattened contrary to the narrow partition, the midrib or keel of the boat-shaped valves extended into a wing.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Our species have the petals 2-cleft or obcordate, the parts of the flower always in fives, and the exserted pods more or less curved.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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