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LOBED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lobed mean?
• LOBED (adjective)
The adjective LOBED has 1 sense:
1. having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other
Familiarity information: LOBED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other
Synonyms:
lobate; lobed
Similar:
compound (composed of more than one part)
Context examples
A type of plant that is native to southern Africa and has white, pink, purple, or red flowers and 3- to 5-lobed leaves.
(Geranium, NCI Dictionary)
The 2-lobed lung located on the left side of the body.
(Left Lung, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include multi-lobed and bilobed placenta.
(Placental Malformation, NCI Thesaurus)
They are morphologically distinguishable from mature granulocytic leukocytes by their large, non-lobed nuclei and lack of coarse, heavily stained cytoplasmic granules.
(Non-Granular Leukocyte, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A plant family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets which includes the mints, thyme, sage, and rosemary.
(Lamiaceae, NCI Thesaurus)
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