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valvate |
1 definition found 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 [ae]stivation, and of leaves in vernation. b Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.
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