valvate

[ val-veyt ]

adjective

1. furnished with or opening by a valve or valves.
2. serving as or resembling a valve.
3. Botany.
   1. opening by valves, as certain capsules and anthers.
   2. meeting without overlapping, as the parts of certain buds.
   3. composed of or characterized by such parts.

valvate

/ ˈvælveɪt /

adjective

1. furnished with a valve or valves
2. functioning as or resembling a valve
3. botany
   1. having or taking place by means of valves

      valvate dehiscence

   2. (of petals or sepals in the bud) having the margins touching but not overlapping

Word History and Origins

Origin of valvate¹

First recorded in 1820–30, valvate is from the Latin word valvātus with folding doors. See valve, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Stamens opposite the valvate caducous petals.

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Flowers regular, 4–5-merous, the corolla mostly valvate.

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Stamens as many as the valvate corolla-lobes.

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Calyx valvate, adnate at least at base to the 6-celled many-seeded ovary.

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Sepals normally 4, petal-like, valvate in the bud, or with the edges bent inward.

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