cordate

American  

[kawr-deyt] / ˈkɔr deɪt /

adjective

1. heart-shaped.

   a cordate shell.

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

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cordate British  

/ ˈkɔːdeɪt /

adjective

1. heart-shaped

   a cordate leaf

   cordate shells

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cordate Scientific  

/ kôr′dāt′ /

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

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Other Word Forms

• cordately adverb
• half-cordate adjective
• multicordate adjective
• semicordate adjective
• subcordate adjective
• subcordately adverb

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

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

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

A. Láppa, L. Stout, 1–3° high; leaves roundish or ovate and mostly cordate, or lanceolate with cuneate base, smooth above, somewhat floccose-tomentose beneath, mostly sinuate-denticulate.

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

Leaves.—Alternate; ovate; cordate; acute; several-nerved; two or three inches long.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Finely puberulent; leaves mostly ovate and acutish with a cordate base, often small; flowers small and mostly cleistogamous.—Sandy or stony shores and islands of Lakes Huron and Superior.

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

Corolla cordate or 2-spurred at base, less united.

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