LYRATE

lyrate

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

lyrate (comparative more lyrate, superlative most lyrate)

Shaped like a lyre.

(botany, of leaves) Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base.

• Ratley, Tayler, elytra, raylet, realty, telary

Source: Wiktionary

Ly"rate, Ly"ra*ted, a. Etym: [NL. lyratus. See Lyre.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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