valvate
Americanadjective
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furnished with or opening by a valve or valves.
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serving as or resembling a valve.
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Botany.
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opening by valves, as certain capsules and anthers.
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meeting without overlapping, as the parts of certain buds.
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composed of or characterized by such parts.
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adjective
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furnished with a valve or valves
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functioning as or resembling a valve
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botany
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having or taking place by means of valves
valvate dehiscence
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(of petals or sepals in the bud) having the margins touching but not overlapping
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Etymology
Origin of valvate
First recorded in 1820–30, valvate is from the Latin word valvātus with folding doors. See valve, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Calyx valvate, adnate at least at base to the 6-celled many-seeded ovary.
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
Corolla 4-parted, rarely 3-parted, wheel-shaped, valvate in the bud.
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
Combretum presents several points in common with Rhamneæ; valvate calyx, and tendency to want of petals; to Elæagneæ in calyx and furfuraceous scales; a decandrous Rhamneæ would differ but little in flowers from Combretum.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
Cones globular, with peltate, valvate scales, firmly closed till ripe; the scales thick and pointed at the center.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
Calyx 5-parted, valvate in the staminate flowers, imbricate in the pistillate.
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
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