obcordate

American

[ob-kawr-deyt] / ɒbˈkɔr deɪt /

adjective

Botany.

heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end, as a leaf.

obcordate British

/ ɒbˈkɔːdeɪt /

adjective

botany heart-shaped and attached at the pointed end

obcordate leaves

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Etymology

Origin of obcordate

First recorded in 1765–75; ob- + cordate

Example Sentences

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Scape 2–6´ high; leaves spatulate or wedge-oblong, thin and veiny, not mealy; involucre 1–8-flowered; lobes of the flesh-colored corolla broadly and deeply obcordate.—Wet banks and shores, northern N. Eng. and N. Y. to L. Superior, and northward.

From Project Gutenberg

Calyx salver-form, with obcordate lobes.

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Smooth, perennial; stems with long runners from the base; leaflets broadly obovate or obcordate, minutely toothed; heads loose; flowers white, tinged with purple; pods 2-seeded.—Open woodlands and prairies, Ohio and Ky., west to Iowa and Kan. 3.

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Petals 5, obovate or obcordate, inserted with the many stamens into the edge of the hollow thin disk that lines the calyx-tube and within bears the numerous pistils below.

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Petals 2, obcordate or 2-lobed.

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