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Cordaite vs Cordate - What's the difference?

cordaite | cordate |

In botany terms the difference between cordaite and cordate

is that cordaite is a plant belonging to genus: Cordaites, an extinct genus of gymnosperms with long, strap-shaped leaves while cordate is heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.

As a noun cordaite

is a plant belonging to genus: Cordaites, an extinct genus of gymnosperms with long, strap-shaped leaves.

As an adjective cordate is

heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.

cordaite

English

(wikipedia cordaite) (Cordaites)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A plant belonging to , an extinct genus of gymnosperms with long, strap-shaped leaves.
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    cordate

    English

    (Leaf shape)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) Heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base.

    • Synonyms

    * cordiform

    Derived terms

    * obcordate

    Anagrams

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