Definition of Pandurate

1. Adjective. (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center.

Exact synonyms: Fiddle-shaped, Panduriform
Similar to: Simple, Unsubdivided

Definition of Pandurate

1. a. Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.

Definition of Pandurate

1. Adjective. (botany of leaves) Having a shape reminding of a fiddle; obovate with a pair of sinuous indentations near the base. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pandurate

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Pandurate

1. Shaped somewhat like a violin, as some leaves. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pandurate

pandoor
pandoors
pandora
pandora's pneumonitis
pandoras
pandore
pandores
pandoro
pandour
pandours
pandowdies
pandowdy
pands
pandura
panduras
pandurate (current term)
pandurate leaf
panduriform
panduriform leaf
pandy
pandybat
pandybats
pandying
pandæmonism
pane
paned
paneer
paneers
panegoism

Literary usage of Pandurate

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

1. Refugium Botanicum: Or Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens, of ...by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker (1882)
"The stigmatic hollow is subject to many variations, transverse oblong or transverse pandurate. Both lip and column are the same colour as the sepals and ..."

2. List of Published Names of Plants Introduced to Cultivation: 1876 to 1896 by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1900)
"Lip pandurate with two keels and a few purplish dots over its top. Ecuador. Asphodelus comosus. (tf. r. 1887, i. 799. ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"sepals white, with the lower margins of the lateral pair sepia-brown; petals white, with violet streaks which are also found on the sepals, pandurate with ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... with violet streaks which are also found on the sepals, pandurate with large lamellae and square auricles, mostly lilac. Nov., Dec. Philippines. GG II. ..."

5. Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae by Oakes Ames (1920)
"La- bellum pandurate, about 8 mm. long, 12 mm. wide near the retuse apiculate apex, ascending for 1.5 mm. then sharply reflexed, apical margin irregularly ..."

6. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1883)
"... yellow with cinnamon spots, the lip pandurate denticulate, white sometimes with ... and a pandurate yellow lip with cinnamon spots, suddenly dilated and ..."

7. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1905)
"Sella pandurate. pa in the tooth-row. Forearm 50-56 mm. Details. ... parallel - margined; in affini« it is pandurate, ie the lateral margins concave, ..."

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