lyrate

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(lī′rāt′)

adjective

shaped like or suggestive of a lyre
also lyrated

Origin: ModL lyratus

See lyrate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Having a form or curvature suggestive of a lyre.
  2. Botany Having a pinnately divided leaf with an enlarged terminal lobe and smaller lateral lobes.
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