'Lyrate' definitions:

Definition of 'lyrate'

(from WordNet)
adjective
(of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre

Definition of 'Lyrate'

From: GCIDE
  • Lyrate \Ly"rate\, Lyrated \Ly"ra*ted\, a. [NL. lyratus. See Lyre.]
  • 1. (Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird. [1913 Webster]

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