lyrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre

WordNet

Ly"rate, Ly"ra*ted adjective (Also<
  • Lyrate
  • Lyrated
)
Etymology
NL. lyratus. See Lyre.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
  2. (Zoöl.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.

Webster 1913