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Webster 1913 Edition

Cordate

Cordate

(kôr′dā̍t)
,
Adj.
[L.
cor
,
cordis
, heart.]
(Bot.)
Heart-shaped;
as, a
cordate
leaf
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cordate

CORDATE

, CORDATED,
Adj.
[L., with a different signification, from cor, the heart.] Having the form of a heart; heart-shaped; a term used by naturalists; as a cordate leaf in botany, resembling the longitudinal section of the heart. Hence, cordate-oblong, heart-shaped lengthened; cordate-lanceolate, heart-shaped, gradually tapering towards each extremity, like the head of a lance; cordate-sagittate, heart-shaped, but resembling the head of an arrow.

Definition 2024

cordate

cordate

English

Adjective

cordate ‎(comparative more cordate, superlative most cordate)

  1. (botany) Heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.

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Italian

Noun

cordate f

  1. plural of cordata

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Latin

Adjective

cordāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of cordātus

Adverb

cordate

  1. Adverbial form of cordatus; prudently, sagaciously, wisely

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Etymology

Latin cordi- from cor ‎(“heart”).

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