Definition of Lyrate leaf

1. Noun. A simple leaf having curvature suggestive of a lyre.

Generic synonyms: Simple Leaf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lyrate Leaf

lyophobe
lyophobic
lyophobic colloid
lyophylized
lyopomata
lyosorption
lyotropic
lyotropic series
lyotropy
lypemania
lypressin
lyra
lyra uterina
lyraid
lyrate
lyrate leaf (current term)
lyrated
lyrately
lyre
lyre-flower
lyre bird
lyre snake
lyrebird
lyrebirds
lyreflower
lyrelike
lyres
lyric
lyric opera
lyric poem

Literary usage of Lyrate leaf

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1873)
"... sp. nov., lyrate leaf with lobes strongly dentate, without near relation to any species cither of the tertiary or of our time. ..."

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