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lobed

American  
[lohbd] / loʊbd /

adjective

  1. having a lobe or lobes; lobate.

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


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Etymology

Origin of lobed

First recorded in 1780–90; lobe + -ed 3

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Seven species of the coral found in Florida’s reef — elkhorn, staghorn, boulder star, mountainous star, lobed star, rough cactus and pillar — are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2023

Characteristic lobed foliage emerges bright green in spring.

From Seattle Times Jul. 16, 2022

Arrokoth’s lobed shape fits a model suggesting planetesimals formed when clouds of pebbles in the gassy disk collapsed to form city-size lumps; those might then have merged with others into progressively larger structures.

From Science Magazine Oct. 7, 2021

The similarities were small but certain — two nodes at the back of the head, and leaflike lobed legs.

From New York Times Dec. 1, 2020

Think what Bill Gates, say, would pay for some tendriled, purply lobed piece of Venusian exotica to put in a pot in his greenhouse.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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