valvate

[ val-veyt ]

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.

valvate

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of valvate¹

First recorded in 1820–30, valvate is from the Latin word valvātus with folding doors. See valve, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Cones globular, with peltate, valvate scales, firmly closed till ripe; the scales thick and pointed at the center.

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Sepals 4, or rarely more, colored, the valvate margins turned inward in the bud.

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

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Corolla salver-form or funnel-form, usually much longer than the calyx-lobes, 4-lobed, the lobes valvate in the bud.

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Corolla funnel-form, 4-lobed; the lobes spreading, densely bearded inside, valvate in the bud.

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