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lyrate

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1. a. Alt. of Lyrated Source: opted
2. adj. (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre Source: wordnet
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. Source: webster
4. s. (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre Source: ecdict

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lyre leaf curvature shape suggestive lyrated lyre-shaped alt base bird blackcock bot like lobes oblong shaped small spatulate tail toward

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