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
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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
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The cordate leaves were large and broad, and ended in a single point.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Corolla.—Flattened and cordate; of two pairs of petals; the outer larger, saccate at base, and with spreading tips; the inner much narrower, spoon-shaped, their tips cohering and inclosing the anthers and stigma.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Leaves.—Palmately and nearly equally five-lobed; cordate at base; four to twelve inches broad; the lobes acute; densely tomentose beneath.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Spatang′oid, like a cordate urchin.—n. one of these.—ns.pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Leaves.—Alternate; slenderly petioled; cordate or ovate-deltoid; crenate; two to four inches long; thin.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
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