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Definition of Lyrate leaf
1. Noun. A simple leaf having curvature suggestive of a lyre.
Generic synonyms: Simple Leaf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lyrate Leaf
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. ..."