valvate

American  

[val-veyt] / ˈvæl veɪt /

adjective

1. furnished with or opening by a valve or valves.

2. serving as or resembling a valve.

3. Botany.

   1. opening by valves, as certain capsules and anthers.

   2. meeting without overlapping, as the parts of certain buds.

   3. composed of or characterized by such parts.

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valvate British  

/ ˈvælveɪt /

adjective

1. furnished with a valve or valves

2. functioning as or resembling a valve

3. botany

   1. having or taking place by means of valves

      valvate dehiscence

   2. (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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valvate

Corolla either strap-shaped or tubular; in the latter chiefly 5-lobed, valvate in the bud, the veins bordering the margins of the lobes.

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

Petals either imbricated in the bud or valvate with the point inflexed.

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

Induplicate, which is valvate with the margins of each piece projecting inwards, as in the calyx of a common Virgin's-bower, Fig.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray

Corolla funnel-form or salver-form, 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 Asa Gray

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 Asa Gray