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obcordate
[ ob-kawr-deyt ]
adjective
- heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end, as a leaf.
obcordate
/ ɒˈɔːɪ /
adjective
- botany heart-shaped and attached at the pointed end
obcordate leaves
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of obcordate1
Example Sentences
Antheridia in an oval or obcordate disk immersed in the apex of the thallus.
Thallus linear-obcuneate, 3–6´´ long, 1–2´´ wide, 2-lobed at the apex, pale green with usually distinct whitish pores, the scales beneath often extending far beyond the margin and becoming whitish; peduncle profusely chaffy at base and apex, sometimes much reduced; antheridial disks obcordate.
Scape 2–6´ high; leaves spatulate or wedge-oblong, thin and veiny, not mealy; involucre 1–8-flowered; lobes of the flesh-colored corolla broadly and deeply obcordate.—Wet banks and shores, northern N. Eng. and N. Y. to L. Superior, and northward.
Stem 1–3° high; leaves flat, carinate; raceme simple or sparingly branched and few-flowered; bracts ovate-lanceolate; base of the perianth coherent with the base of the ovary, the thin ovate or obovate sepals marked with a large obcordate gland, the inner abruptly contracted to a broad claw.
Pod several-seeded, obovate or obcordate, winged.
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