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lobed

[lohbd]

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adjective

having a lobe or lobes; lobate.

Botany. (of a leaf) having lobes or divisions extending less than halfway to the middle of the base.

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Origin of lobed

First recorded in 1780–90; lobe + -ed³

Related formsmul·ti·lobed, adjectiveun·lobed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for lobed

The leaves are opposite, and three or five lobed;162 they are serrated on the edges, and rough on the surface.
Botany for Ladies|Jane Loudon
The leaves of this oak are large, wedge-shaped at the base, wavy-toothed or lobed, and broadening towards the tips.
Trees Every Child Should Know|Julia Ellen Rogers
The leaves are variously cut and lobed, the stem leaves alternate.
Field Book of Western Wild Flowers|Margaret Armstrong
The leaves are lobed like a maple's, but more regularly, so as to form a five-pointed star.
Trees Worth Knowing|Julia Ellen Rogers

The colonies thus formed are flat and incrusting, or are branched and lobed, or sometimes elevated on stalks.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold