lorate

From botanical New Latin lōrātus (“thong-shaped, strap-shaped”), from lōrum (“thong, strap”) +‎ -ātus (“-ate”); compare Classical Latin lōrātus (“attached with thongs”). Equivalent to Latin lōrum +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

lorate (comparative more lorate, superlative most lorate)

1. (botany, of leaves) Having the form of a thong or strap.

   Synonym: ligulate

• “lorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• latero-