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Origin of lobed
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These lobed leaves often have intricate, serrated edges.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
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
Foliose species have lobed, leaflike bodies, or thalli; you can see both their upper and lower surfaces, which are different colors.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
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
Once, I started with terror at a ratcheting upon my foot, to find a horseshoe crab trundling past in search of a pool, its saber-tail and lobed armor grotesque in the extreme.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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