Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nearly heart-shaped.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.
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- adjective Somewhat
cordate ; approaching aheart shape.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Abutilon indicum, Candia subcordate and Poinsettia sp.
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From the main leafstock grow several pairs of stalked pinnæ, with the divisions ovate-oblong, acutish, crenate-serrulate, obliquely cordate or subcordate.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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The _leaf-blade_ is flat, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, softly pubescent or glabrescent on both the surfaces, with rounded or subcordate base and margins minutely serrate and ciliate, 2 to 6 inches long 1/6 to 1/2 inch broad; the midrib is distinct though slender with four to six main veins on each side.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _leaf-blade_ is linear or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, glaucous beneath, base rounded or subcordate, 1 to 3 inches long and 1/2 to 3/4 inch broad.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _leaf-blade_ is lanceolate-linear or linear, narrowed from a broad subcordate base to an acute tip, smooth and flat.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _leaf-blade_ is linear-lanceolate, flat, acuminate, narrowed towards the base which may be acute, subcordate or rarely even petiolate, glabrous or sparsely hairy above and glaucous beneath, 4 to 10 inches long and 1/4 to 1 inch broad.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _leaf-blade_ is lanceolate, narrowed from the rounded or subcordate base to the acute tip, coriaceous, 3/4 to 1 inch long; margins are ciliate with tubercle-based cilia; the surfaces with or without a few scattered long tubercle-based hairs.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _leaf-blade_ is linear, acute, with a subcordate or rounded base 1/2 to 2 inches long and 1/8 to 1/6 inch broad.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Several familiar forms of plants were discovered; also a new Eucalyptus, with a glaucous suborbicular subcordate leaf, and the bark of the rusty gum: a stunted or middle-sized tree, which grew in great abundance on the ranges.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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