lobed

lobed [lohbd] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. having a lobe or lobes; lobate.
2. Botany. (of a leaf) having lobes or divisions extending less than halfway to the middle of the base.

Origin of lobed First recorded in 1780–90; lobe + -ed3 Related formsmul·ti·lobed, adjectiveun·lobed, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for lobed Historical Examples of lobed

This is a large forest tree, with lobed leaves, of a heart-shape.

The Forest Exiles

Mayne Reid

The leaves vary much in size, and are lobed and finely curled.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America

Fearing Burr

Lobed leaves and compound leaves may occur on the same tree.

American Forest Trees

Henry H. Gibson

Climbing, with lobed, palmate pinn and terminal fruit-clusters.

How to Know the Ferns

Frances Theodora Parsons

The adult leaf is kidney-shaped, smooth, and five to nine lobed.

Birds and all Nature, Vol. VII, No. 4, April 1900

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