lobed

[lohbd]

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.

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

Historical Examples of lobed

This is a large forest tree, with lobed leaves, of a heart-shape.
The Forest Exiles
Mayne Reid
The leaves vary much in size, and are lobed and finely curled.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America
Fearing Burr
Lobed leaves and compound leaves may occur on the same tree.
American Forest Trees
Henry H. Gibson
Climbing, with lobed, palmate pinn and terminal fruit-clusters.
How to Know the Ferns
Frances Theodora Parsons
The adult leaf is kidney-shaped, smooth, and five to nine lobed.
Birds and all Nature, Vol. VII, No. 4, April 1900
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