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lyrate

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ly·rate  (lrt, -rt)
adj.
1. Having a form or curvature suggestive of a lyre.
2. Botany Having a pinnately divided leaf with an enlarged terminal lobe and smaller lateral lobes.
lyrate [ˈlaɪərɪt], lyrated
adj
1. shaped like a lyre
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of leaves) having a large terminal lobe and smaller lateral lobes
[from New Latin lyrātus, Latin from lyra lyre]
lyrately  adv
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Adj.1.lyrate - (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre
unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions


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