VALVATE - meaning and definition. What is VALVATE
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Valvate         
  • A diagram showing some kinds of petal or sepal aestivation in flower buds. A: quincuncial; B: twisted, C: cochleate; D: contorted; E: valvate; F: open.
·adj Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.
II. Valvate ·adj Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.
III. Valvate ·adj Meeting at the edges without overlapping;
- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.
valvate         
  • A diagram showing some kinds of petal or sepal aestivation in flower buds. A: quincuncial; B: twisted, C: cochleate; D: contorted; E: valvate; F: open.
['valve?t]
¦ adjective Botany (of sepals or other parts) having adjacent edges abutting rather than overlapping. Compare with imbricate.
cochleate         
  • A diagram showing some kinds of petal or sepal aestivation in flower buds. A: quincuncial; B: twisted, C: cochleate; D: contorted; E: valvate; F: open.
a.; (also cochleated)
Spiral. See cochleary.