cordate
Americanadjective
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heart-shaped.
a cordate shell.
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(of leaves) heart-shaped, with the attachment at the notched end.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cordate
First recorded in 1645–55; from New Latin cordātus “heart-shaped,” equivalent to Latin cord- (stem of cor ) heart + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The cordate leaves were large and broad, and ended in a single point.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Leaves.—Alternate; ovate; cordate; acute; several-nerved; two or three inches long.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
A. Láppa, L. Stout, 1–3° high; leaves roundish or ovate and mostly cordate, or lanceolate with cuneate base, smooth above, somewhat floccose-tomentose beneath, mostly sinuate-denticulate.
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 Asa Gray
Seeds winged on each side, the wings cut into a fringe.—Trees, with ovate or cordate and mainly opposite leaves.
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 Asa Gray
Leaves round-kidney-shaped to cordate and acute; spathe 3–5-flowered; flowers white or pale blue.—Conn. to N. J., west to Ill. and E. Kan., and southward.
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 Asa Gray
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