veɪt adjective
1.
furnished with or opening by a valve or valves.
2.
serving as or resembling a valve.
3.
Botany.
a.
opening by valves, as certain capsules and anthers.
b.
meeting without overlapping, as the parts of certain buds.
c.
composed of or characterized by such parts.
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valvate (ˈvælveɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | furnished with a valve or valves |
| 2. | functioning as or resembling a valve |
| 3. | botany |
| a. having or taking place by means of valves: valvate dehiscence | |
| b. (of petals or sepals in the bud) having the margins touching but not overlapping | |
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Valvate
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Medical Dictionary
valvate val·vate (vāl'vāt')
adj.
Having valves or valvelike parts.
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