LOBATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lobate mean? 

• LOBATE (adjective)
  The adjective LOBATE has 2 senses:

1. having or resembling a lobe or lobes

2. having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other

  Familiarity information: LOBATE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOBATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or resembling a lobe or lobes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

lobate; lobated

Context example:

a lobate tongue

Pertainym:

lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)

Sense 2

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 

Granular leukocytes characterized by a relatively pale-staining, lobate nucleus and cytoplasm containing coarse dark-staining granules of variable size and stainable by basic dyes.

(Murine Basophils, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Tectonic pushing and pulling of the lunar crust also sculpt curved hills called lobate scarps and shallow trenches known as graben.

(Study Finds New Wrinkles on Earth's Moon, NASA)