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Meaning of LYRATE

Pronunciation:  'lIreyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  of a leaf shape; having curvature suggestive of a lyre
 
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 Synonyms: simple, unsubdivided
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ly"rate\, Lyrated \Ly"ra*ted\, a. [NL. lyratus. See
{Lyre}.]
1. (Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small
   lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the
   blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Deeply lobed, with a large terminal lobe and smaller lateral ones.
 
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