LOBATE

lobed, lobate

(adjective) having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other

lobate, lobated

(adjective) having or resembling a lobe or lobes; “a lobate tongue”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

lobate (comparative more lobate, superlative most lobate)

Lobed.

Resembling a lobe.

Anagrams

• boatel, oblate

Source: Wiktionary


Lo"bate, Lo"ba*ted, a. Etym: [See Lobe.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays. (b) Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m) under Aves.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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