Definition of Valvate. Meaning of Valvate. Synonyms of Valvate

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Definition of Valvate

Valvate
Valvate Valv"ate, a. [L. valvatus having folding doors.] 1. Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular. 2. (Bot.) (a) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in [ae]stivation, and of leaves in vernation. (b) Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.

Meaning of Valvate from wikipedia

- important taxonomic diagnostic; for example Malvaceae flower buds have valvate sepals, with the exception of the genera Fremontodendron and Chiranthodendron...
- center which holds the stamens. The aestivation found in calotropis is valvate i.e. sepals or petals in a whorl just touch one another at the margin,...
- having radially symmetric flowers, with petals that are twice divided (valvate) in bud and with numerous showy, prominent stamens. Recent work on phylogenetic...
- distinguished from other Papaver sections morphologically by its bristly, valvate capsules, pinnatisect leaves, pale stamen, and white, orange or yellow...
- direction of the air stream e = egressive C = controlling mechanism V = valvate stricture o = oral stricture e = subvalvate esophageal stricture I = degree...
- Leaves commonly bipinnate Inflorescences globose, ****ate Aestivation valvate Anthers often with a stipitate or sessile apical gland Pollen commonly...
- sometimes used, but genetic evidence so far does not support this division: Valvate - Dipterocarpeae group (Anisoptera, Cotylelobium, Dipterocarpus, Stemonoporus...
- with con****uous bracts, forming an epicalyx. They generally have five valvate sepals, most frequently basally connate, with five imbricate petals. The...
- Sepals: five, gamosepalous, campanulate, slightly accrescent, persistent, valvate. Petals: five, polypetalous but slightly connate below and jointed with...
- the stems of Equisetum, coinciding with a groove in the stem surface. valvate (of sepals and petals in bud) Meeting edge-to-edge but not overlapping...