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Definition of Obcordate
1. a. Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf.
Definition of Obcordate
1. Adjective. (botany of a leaf) Of a reversed cordate shape; heart-shaped but attached to the stalk by the pointed end. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obcordate
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Obcordate
1. Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf. Origin: Pref. Ob- + cordate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obcordate
Literary usage of Obcordate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"calyx broad-campanulate, leathery, 5-lobed, the lobes semi-ovate; petals scarlet,
white at base, obcordate; filaments forming a white column. Mex. BR 1608. ..."
2. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"... obcordate. Capsule 1-2 in., narrowed upwards, ... obcordate and stamens 2,
inserted miller the margin of an epigynous ..."
3. Flora scotica, or, A description of Scottish plants, arranged both according by William Jackson Hooker (1821)
"... as long as the cal., leaflets obcordate toothed at the extremity, stems decumbent.
... cal. teeth unequal, leaflets obcordate serrulate, stem creeping. ..."
4. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"Carpels thin, obovate to obcordate, emarginate, usually smooth. Seeds reddish-brown,
above medium size, wide, obtuse to acute, often abortive. ..."
5. Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and Describe the Flowering and by William Darlington (1837)
"... or obcordate. Fruit covered with hooked bristles, which are tumid or dilated
at base. Hob. Woodlands, and thickets: commun. /V.June—July. FT- Aug.—Sept. ..."
6. British Entomology: Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by John Curtis by John Curtis (1840)
"... dividing the long terminal joint. most nearly allied, by the form of the
thorax, which is somewhat globose-obovate or obcordate, being broadest before; ..."
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