cordate
Americanadjective
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heart-shaped.
a cordate shell.
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(of leaves) heart-shaped, with the attachment at the notched end.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of cordate
First recorded in 1645–55; from New Latin cordātus “heart-shaped,” equivalent to Latin cord- (stem of cor ) heart + -ātus -ate 1
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The cordate leaves were large and broad, and ended in a single point.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Leaves.—Broadly cordate in outline; three-parted; the divisions cleft into linear or oblong segments.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Leaves.—Opposite; ovate or ovate-oblong; cordate; coarsely crenate; wrinkly veined; petioled; an inch or two long.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Rather stout, flexuose, creeping at base; leaves rather distant, decurrent on both sides, ciliate-dentate, the lower lobe obovate, obtuse, slightly convex, the upper cordate, acute, concave; perianth densely ciliate; capsule large, roundish-ovate, reddish-brown.
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 Asa Gray
Sub-, as a prefix, about, nearly, somewhat; as Subcordate, slightly cordate; Subserrate, slightly serrate; Subaxillary, just beneath the axil, &c.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
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