valvate

American  

[val-veyt] / ˈvæl veɪt /

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.

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valvate British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of valvate

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