Definition of Cordate. Meaning of Cordate. Synonyms of Cordate

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Definition of Cordate

Cordate
Cordate Cordate (k?r"d?t), a. [L. cor, cordis, heart.] (Bot.) Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf.

Meaning of Cordate from wikipedia

- Look up cordate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cordate is an adjective meaning 'heart-shaped' and is most typically used for: Cordate (leaf shape)...
- It is often confused with Kalanchoe daigremontiana which has strongly cordate to auriculate or even peltate leaves, while the leaves of Kalanchoe × houghtonii...
- triangular, oval (ovate), with or without a point (elliptic), heart-shaped (cordate), spear-shaped (hastate), lance-shaped (lanceolate), oblong, or circular...
- trees, reaching typically 20 to 40 m (65 to 130 ft) tall, with oblique-cordate (heart-shaped) leaves 6 to 20 cm (2+1⁄4 to 7+3⁄4 in) across. As with elms...
- base is attenuate, cuneate to weakly cordate or auriculate, while Kalanchoe daigremontiana has strongly cordate to auriculate or even peltate leaves....
- A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. It is made from...
- heart-shaped or broadly ovate, two to five inches long, five to seven-nerved, cordate or truncate at the base, entire, acute. They come out of the bud folded...
- tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 3 metres (9.8 ft). The leaves are cordate in shape with a distinctive extended drip tip; they are 10–17 centimetres...
- whip-like extension or cirrus (common in climbing palms); antonym: ecirrate cordate, cordiform cordatus whole leaf or base Heart-shaped, with the petiole or...
- attaches to the underside of the leaf and not at the edge, D. cordifolia is cordate. The stem, branches, petioles, leaves, and fruits are all covered in stinging...