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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

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

In spring, glossy, deeply lobed small leaves emerge bright green, accompanied by clusters of fragrant, creamy flowers.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 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

While it shared the lobed swimming paddles of its larger relative, its broad head carapace — Mr. Moysiuk calls it “spaceship-shaped” — took up half its body length.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2021

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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