lobed

[ lohbd ]

adjective

1. having a lobe or lobes; lobate.
2. Botany. (of a leaf ) having lobes or divisions extending less than halfway to the middle of the base.

Other Words From

• multi·lobed adjective
• un·lobed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lobed¹

First recorded in 1780–90; lobe + -ed ³

Example Sentences

By the way, if you want to see a real recording of this phenomenon, albeit for a three-lobed fidget spinner, check out this video from reader Danny Sleator.

From FiveThirtyEight

With their three-lobed brains, they are “as far from a vertebrate as you could possibly ever get,” he says.

From Science News For Students

It would be unusual for a large object like Arrokoth, particularly with its two-lobed structure, to have formed from a sequence of collisions.

From Science News

These plants catch their prey in a trap that snaps shut as soon as insects touch trigger hairs on the inner side of their double-lobed leaves.

From Nautilus

Her eyes were quicker than his, too, and now she pointed to a snowy blossom with a deeply lobed leaf.

From Project Gutenberg

The shell is small and globular, with a wide gape at both ends, and consists of two three-lobed valves with concentric furrows.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a biennial plant, with fleshy lobed wavy leaves that are covered with bluish bloom, and a fleshy cylindrical root.

From Project Gutenberg

Geraniace—Herbs with stipuled, lobed leaves, and showy regular flowers.

From Project Gutenberg

The abdomen, strongly lobed at the sides, is composed of eight rings, and is provided with sixteen spiracles.

From Project Gutenberg