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Alt. of Lyrated

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  1. a. Alt. of Lyrated
  2. adj. (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre
  3. 1. (Bot.) lyre-shaped">Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf. 2. (Zoöl.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.
  4. s. (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre