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Definition of Subcordate
1. a. Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.
Definition of Subcordate
1. Adjective. Somewhat cordate; approaching a heart shape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subcordate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subcordate
Literary usage of Subcordate
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)
"... Nees, has a smooth calyx and broader ovate Ivs. which are very obtuse or
subcordate at the base. HEINRICH HASSELBRING. ..."
2. Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and Describe the Flowering and by William Darlington (1837)
"Leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, dentate, obtuse or subcordate at base ; corymbs
... with large subcordate leaves, and Sowers sometimes radiated. 214. ..."
3. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1890)
"... dark brown when dry, moat minutely gland-dotted beneath, base rounded or
subcordate, nerves 4—6 pair above the basal. ..."
4. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"stem erect or decumbent; leaves petioled; lower ones ovate and subcordate, entire
or sparingly toothed; ..."
5. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"... 5-8 mm. long, short-clawed; the outer subcordate at base; the inner acute or
rounded; ... subcordate ..."
6. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"All leaves with distinct sheaths: petals long-clawed and subcordate at the base:
... Raceme branched; petals short-clawed, not subcordate at the base. 5. ..."
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