Definitions for cordate

cordate cor·date

Spelling: [kawr-deyt]
IPA: /ˈkɔr deɪt/

Cordate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in cordate (acdeort).

Definitions for cordate

adjective

  1. heart-shaped:
  2. (of leaves) heart-shaped, with the attachment at the notched end.

Origin of cordate

1645-55; New Latin cordātus heart-shaped, equivalent to Latin cord- (stem of cor) heart + -ātus -ate1

Examples for cordate

The latter are all cordate, while in the normal the upper leaves are auricular.

The leaves of this plant are stalked, cordate, and irregularly toothed.

The leaves are cordate, and bluntly three or five lobed, a little downy beneath, but smooth above.

The leaves are simple and cordate; and they do not appear till the flowers have faded.

It may also be distinguished by the appendage in the notch, which is cordate in form, and flat.

Heart-shaped or cordate, similar to ovate, but with a notch at the base.

The leaves are ovate or cordate, deeply and regularly toothed.

A whole leaf-blade may be cordate, or the term may be applied to the base of a leaf only.

The leaves are simple, cordate, opposite to each other, and furnished with stipules.

It has been perpetuated in cordate, not in dactylate characters.

Word Value for cordate
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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