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Lobate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Lobate has 2 senses
- lobate(a = adj.pert) lobated - having or resembling a lobe or lobes; "a lobate tongue"
- lobate(s = adj.all) lobed - having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
Lobate, a. [See Lobe.].
- Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf. [1913 Webster]
- Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays. [1913 Webster]
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