valvate: Meaning and Definition of

val•vate

Pronunciation: (val'vāt), [key]
— adj.
  1. furnished with or opening by a valve or valves.
  2. serving as or resembling a valve.
    1. opening by valves, as certain capsules and anthers.
    2. meeting without overlapping, as the parts of certain buds.
    3. composed of or characterized by such parts.
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