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Definition of "cordate" []

  • Having a heart-shaped outline: a cordate leaf. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cordate" in a sentence
  • "You call the network a cordate, the Italian word for mountaineers strung together on a rope for safety."
  • "Ovipositor ¼ abdomen, latter depressed = cordate [.]"
  • "For over 30 years the cordate have been bringing objects out of the country, via Switzerland, all of which have been looted, and a great proportion of which are of world importance, ranging in value from $100,000 to $50 million."