valvateadj.
/ˈvalveɪt/, /ˈvalvət/, U.S. /ˈvælˌveɪt/ Botany.
1.
a. Of sepals or petals: Applied to each other by the margins only.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having calyx > of, having, or positioned near sepals
two-sepalled1821
polysepalous1829
tetrasepalous1829
monosepalous1830
sepaloid1830
trisepalous1830
valvate1830
synsepalous1847
sepaline1857
tripaleolate1866
antisepalous1878
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 51 Hamamelideæ, which are known by their habit,..and also by their valvate sepals and petals.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands p. xi Malvaceæ:..Sepals 5, valvate.
b. Of a calyx: Composed of sepals so united.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having calyx
monophyllous1746
calycine1816
calyciform1829
calycinal1829
valvate1858
calycate1866
1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §556 The calyx of the Rhamneæ being valvate (i.e. the sepals, before expanding, having their edges in proximity with each other).
?1877 F. E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers I. Summary p. xiii Calyx five-partite, valvate in bud.
2. Of æstivation or vernation: Characterized by this arrangement of parts.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > characterized by type of foliation or vernation
obvolute1760
conduplicate1777
convolute1785
valvate1829
circinate1830
gyrate1830
induplicate1830
supervolute1832
supervolutive1841
rectiserial1849
circinating1857
incubous1857
succubous1857
induplicative1864
convolutive1866
circinal1880
obvolutive1886
tricussate1900
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > of flower-bud or aestivation
quincuncial1672
valvate1829
induplicate1830
supervolute1832
vexillary1832
quincunxial1835
reduplicate1838
supervolutive1841
reduplicative1856
induplicative1864
indeterminate1880
1829 J. Lindley Synopsis Brit. Flora 72 Calyx monophyllous, 4–5 cleft, with a valvate æstivation.
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §186 Sometimes they are..placed so as to touch each other by their edges; thus giving rise to valvate vernation.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 218 The valvate æstivation..may be seen in the calyx of the Lime.
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