Other Word Forms
- multilobed adjective
- unlobed adjective
Etymology
Origin of lobed
Example Sentences
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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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