lyrate
lyrate · more lyrate · most lyrate
Shaped like a lyreShaped like a lyre.
Meaning
2 sensesShaped like a lyre.
Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base.
1976, T. G. Tutin, Flora Europaea, Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), page 72, Basal leaves simple, lyrate or pinnatifid; cauline leaves 1- to 2-pinnatifid, pinnatisect or simple.
More definitions
- (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre
Origin
From New Latin lyrātus, from lyra (“lyre”). By surface analysis, lyre + -ate.From New Latin lyrātus, from lyra (“lyre”). By surface analysis, lyre + -ate.
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Forms
more lyrate, most lyrate| Comparative | more lyrate Lesson |
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| Superlative | most lyrate Lesson |
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Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form