Lyrate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lyrate is an adjective meaning Shaped like a lyre.
Meaning
Shaped like a lyre.
More Meanings
- (botany, of leaves) Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base.
- A long feather with a shape similar to the arm of a lyre, found in the tail of lyrebirds.
Example Sentences
1976, T. G. Tutin, Flora Europaea, Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), page 72, Basal leaves simple, lyrate or pinnatifid; cauline leaves 1- to 2-pinnatifid, pinnatisect or simple.
The passage of time could only enhance his tenderness for the creature he clasped, this adored creature, whose motion was now more supple, whose haunches had grown more lyrate, whose hair-ribbon he had undone.
Word Forms
- lyrates
Synonyms for lyrate
Depending on context, synonyms include simple, unsubdivided.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include simple, unsubdivided, lyriform, lyrelike, lutelike, lathy.
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