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Definition of Lorate
1. a. Having the form of a thong or strap; ligulate.
Definition of Lorate
1. Adjective. (botany) Having the form of a thong or strap. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lorate
1. straplike [adj]
Medical Definition of Lorate
1. Of leaves, strap-shaped (moderately long with the two margins parallel). (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lorate
Literary usage of Lorate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The Olivias consist of herbs with fasciculate fleshy roots, and distichous lorate
radical persistent dark-green leaves, from among which springs a ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Ivs. 3-4, mostly at base of stem, lowest lorate- lanceolate and broad: perianth
campanulate, ... stem erect: Ivs. 3-4 or more, lower lorate-lanceolate or ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"proper Ivs. 3, crowded at middle of st., linear or lorate: fls. yellow, ... Ivs.
3-4, mostly at base of st., lowest lorate- lanceolate and broad: perianth ..."
4. Refugium Botanicum: Or Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens, of by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker (1870)
"Leaves lorate, an inch broad. Leaves green, as high as the raceme. ... Leaves lorate,
1—2 fret long. Pedicels scarcely longer than the flowers. ..."
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