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Definitions of valvate in various dictionaries:
Having valvelike parts.
Botany.
Meeting at the edges without overlapping, as some petals do.
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| Jul 19 1997 New York Times |
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Aestivation or estivation refers to the positional arrangement of the parts of a flower within a flower bud before it has opened. Aestivation is also sometimes referred to as praefoliation or prefoliation, but these terms may also mean vernation: the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud. * Aestivation can be an important taxonomic diagnostic; for example Malvaceae flower buds have valvate sepals, with the exception of the genera Fremontodendron and Chiranthodendron, which have sometimes been misplaced as a result. * The terms used to describe aestivation are the same as those used to describe leaf vernation. * Classes of aestivation include:* imbricate overlapping * contorted or twisted every petal or sepal is outside its neighbour on one margin, and inside its neighbour on the other margin * cochleate spirally twisted * contortiplicate contorted and also plicate * quincuncial with five parts, where two petals or sepals are outside all others, two are inside all others, and the fifth i |