About The Word Lyrate
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Lyrate
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What's The Definition Of Lyrate?
[adj] of a leaf shape; having curvature suggestive of a lyre
Synonyms | Synonyms for Lyrate: simple | unsubdivided Related Terms | Find terms related to Lyrate: See Also | Lyrate In Webster's Dictionary \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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