cordate

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɔːdeɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kôr′dāt)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cor•date  (kôr′dāt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. heart-shaped:a cordate shell.
  2. Botany(of leaves) heart-shaped, with the attachment at the notched end.
  • Neo-Latin cordātus heart-shaped, equivalent. to Latin cord- (stem of cor) heart + -ātus -ate1
  • 1645–55
cor′date•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cordate / ˈkɔːdeɪt/
  1. heart-shaped
'cordate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
half-cordate - morning glory - obcordate

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