Dictionary De - En
De - Es
De - Pt| English Dictionary: Valvate | by the DICT Development Group |
| 1 result for Valvate | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
|
Valvate \Valv"ate\, a. [L. valvatus having folding doors.] 1. Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular. 2. (Bot.) (a) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in [91]stivation, and of leaves in vernation. (b) Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers. | |
