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cordate /ˈkɔːdeɪt /adjective Botany & ZoologyHeart-shaped: their leaves are often triangular, sometimes cordate or sagittate at the base...- A typical, mature Osmunda cinnamomea gametophyte was cordate and without trichomes.
- Ventral muscle field strongly impressed, elevated, cordate, with high ridges laterally and anteriorly.
- The fruits were cordate at the base instead of truncated as is typical of H. verticillata.
Origin Mid 17th century (in the sense 'wise, prudent'): from Latin cordatus 'wise' (in modern Latin 'heart-shaped'), from cor, cord- 'heart'. |