单词 | cordated |
释义 | cordatedadj. Chiefly Botany. Now rare. Having the shape of the conventional symbol of the heart (i.e. two symmetrical curves meeting in a point at one end and a notch at the other, broader end); spec. (esp. of a leaf) having this shape with the broader, notched end at the base; = cordate adj. 3. Occasionally also: †having a structure of this shape (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > other shapes plummet-like1605 semilunar1681 cordated1698 cordate1760 obcordate1775 club-shaped1776 flabelliform1777 obovate1785 button-shaped1791 clavate1803 placentiform?a1808 obovoid1819 valviform1819 constricted1826 vulviform1829 mitrate1836 bipenniform1842 sandaliform1848 scopiform1852 obclavate1856 obcordiform1857 oboval1857 utriform1860 broadsword-shaped1870 placentoid1885 hypsiloid1886 1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 333 These Leaves..altogether want that cordated Appendix next the Footstalk. 1715 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 243 Leaves..more rugged and cordated at the Footstalk. 1770 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) IV. 8 A young bird..with transverse bars of brown on the breast instead of cordated spots. 1842 C. H. Smith Introd. Mammalia (Naturalist's Libr.: Mammalia XIII) 129 Megaderma spasma, Cuv.—Cordated Bat, or Meg[aderma] trifolium,—is a species from Ternate and Java, with an oval or cordate nasal appendage. 2016 C. E. Morgan Sport of Kings iii. 300 The thin, level space is sheltered by the broad cordated leaves of plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1698 |
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