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
Other Word Forms
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
Example Sentences
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The cordate leaves were large and broad, and ended in a single point.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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 Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Seeds winged on each side, the wings cut into a fringe.—Trees, with ovate or cordate and mainly opposite leaves.
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 cordate pinnules sometimes found here are commoner in Europe.
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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