obcordate

American  

[ob-kawr-deyt] / ɒbˈkɔr deɪt /

adjective

Botany.

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

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obcordate British  

/ ɒbˈkɔːdeɪt /

adjective

1. 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

Our species have the petals 2-cleft or obcordate, the parts of the flower always in fives, and the exserted pods more or less curved.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Each petal has its tip inflexed, giving it an obcordate appearance.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various

Pod orbicular, obovate, or obcordate, flattened contrary to the narrow partition, the midrib or keel of the boat-shaped valves extended into a wing.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Also another Hibiscus, with obcordate tomentose leaves, and pink flowers; both these last were very handsome shrubs.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John

Thallus obcordate, sparingly forked, increasing by joints; pores conspicuous; gemmæ none.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa