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

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obcordate

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

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

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.

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

Sometimes they are umbilicate below, so that a vertical section would be obcordate.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Thallus obcordate, floating or rarely terrestrial; capsules not protruding, at length exposed by a cleft in the central groove.

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

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