Definition of "lyrate" [ly•rate]

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

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• "Vilmorin mentions two varieties; one having entire leaves, the other with lyrate or lobed leaves; giving preference, however, to the one with entire leaves."
• "Stems from twelve to fifteen inches high; leaves lyrate, the terminal lobe round; flowers small, in erect, loose, terminal spikes, or groups; the seeds are small, wrinkled, of a grayish color, and retain their vitality three years."
• "Leaves sixteen to eighteen inches in length, very dark green, deeply lobed, or lyrate, and hairy, or hispid, on the nerves and borders."