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VALVATE

\vˈalve͡ɪt], \vˈalve‍ɪt], \v_ˈa_l_v_eɪ_t]\

Definitions of VALVATE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.

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Meeting at the edges without overlapping; - said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Meeting at the edges without overlapping; - said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Having or resembling a valve; valvular.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

In bot., opening by valves, like the parts of certain seed-vessels which separate at the edges of the carpels.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Hinged at the margin only; meeting at the edges; opening by so-called valves; furnished with valves.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

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