Definitions for: Lyrate

[adj] of a leaf shape; having curvature suggestive of a lyre

Webster (1913) Definition: Ly"rate, Lyrated Ly"ra*ted, a. [NL. lyratus. See
Lyre.]
1. (Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small
lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the
blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.

Synonyms: simple, unsubdivided