adjective
- having lobes; divided into lobes or lobe-like sections
Usage: commonly used in biology and botany
Examples
- The lobate leaves of the oak tree have distinctive rounded sections.
- Liver cells are lobate structures that help filter blood.
- The scientist examined the lobate fins of the fish under the microscope.
- Maple leaves are characteristically lobate with deep indentations.
- The fungus displayed a lobate growth pattern on the petri dish.
- Lobate corals create complex reef structures with their branching forms.