Lyrate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lyrate \Ly"rate\, Lyrated \Ly"ra*ted\, a. [NL. lyratus. See
     {Lyre}.]
     1. (Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small
        lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
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     2. (Zool.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock,
        or that of the lyre bird.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lyrate
       adj : of a leaf shape; having curvature suggestive of a lyre