Valvate
adjective
1.
furnished with or opening by a valve or valves.
2.
serving as or resembling a valve.
3.
Botany.
opening by valves, as certain capsules and anthers.
meeting without overlapping, as the parts of certain buds.
composed of or characterized by such parts.
adjective
1.
furnished with a valve or valves
2.
functioning as or resembling a valve
3.
(botany)
having or taking place by means of valves: valvate dehiscence
(of petals or sepals in the bud) having the margins touching but not overlapping
valvate val·vate (vāl’vāt’)
adj.
Having valves or valvelike parts.
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