lyrate

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L0308600 (lī′rāt′, -rĭt)adj.1. Having a form or curvature suggestive of a lyre.2. Botany Having a pinnately divided leaf with an enlarged terminal lobe and smaller lateral lobes.

lyrate

(ˈlaɪərɪt) or

lyrated

adj1. shaped like a lyre2. (Botany) (of leaves) having a large terminal lobe and smaller lateral lobes[C18: from New Latin lyrātus, Latin from lyra lyre] ˈlyrately adv

ly•rate

(ˈlaɪ reɪt, -rɪt)

also ly′rat•ed,

adj. 1. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base. 2. lyre-shaped. [1750–60; < New Latin] ly′rate•ly, adv.

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lyrate - (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyreunsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

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adj (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre

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