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hemicordate

hemicordate adjective: shaped like half of a heart.

Adjective

hemicordate (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like half of a heart
    • Lateral leaves imbricate or distant, spreading, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, 2.5–4.0 × 1.3–2.3 mm; bases rounded or hemicordate, acroscopic bases strongly overlapping stems, basiscopic bases free from stems; acroscopic margins greenish or hyaline in band 2–4 cells wide, the cells elongate and...2015, Iván A. Valdespino et al., “Seven new species of Selaginella subg. Stachygynandrum (Selaginellaceae) from Brazil and new synonyms for the genus”, in PhytoKeys, volume 9, →DOI

Origin of hemicordate

From hemi- + cordate.

Questions about hemicordate

What does hemicordate mean?
Hemicordate means shaped like half of a heart.
What part of speech is hemicordate?
Hemicordate is an adjective.

Words near hemicordate in the dictionary

  1. hemicontusion
  2. hemicontusive
  3. hemiconvulsion
  4. hemiconvulsions
  5. hemicord
  6. hemicordate
  7. hemicords
  8. hemicoronal
  9. hemicorpectomy
  10. hemicorporeal
  11. hemicorporectomies

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