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bilobated

bilobated

9.9
Having two rounded parts that stick out like two small bumps
  • adjective
  • /ˌbaɪˈloʊbeɪtɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bilobado
  • Botanists identified the sample as a bilobated leaf from an oak tree.

Examples

  • The bilobated structure of the fruit makes it easy to recognize among the other species.

  • Some medications can affect the appearance of the bilobated thyroid gland.

  • This leaf is bilobated.

  • What a bilobated flower!

  • The botanist noted that the bilobated leaf was characteristic of the species.

  • In the laboratory, we observed the bilobated structure of the specimen under the microscope.

  • A bilobated design was favored by the artist in his latest sculpture.

Synonyms

two-lobed
vsbilobated
  • Specialized
6.7

A leaf or flower with two rounded parts

is more focused on shape and highlights rounded sections
bilobed
vsbilobated
  • Specialized
8.1

Having two rounded parts separated by a deep notch

is the same meaning but adds explicit shape detail about projections
bilobate
vsbilobated
  • Specialized
9.9

A leaf or plant part with two separate lobes like a ginkgo leaf

is not limited to plant parts and fits any shape with two lobes
bifid
vsbilobated
  • Specialized
9.9

A part that is split into two, often at the tip, as in a leaf or tongue

is about a general rounded shape with two lobes rather than a tip cleft

Surface Forms

bilobated positive

Morphology

bilobated = bilobate (transparent) = bi + lobe + ate + ed

Formed by adding the adjectival/past participle '-ed' to 'bilobate'; the meaning remains the literal two-lobed sense.

Etymology

The word bilobated comes from bi- meaning 'two' and lobe meaning a rounded part, as in earlobe. So bilobated means 'having two lobes', or being shaped with two rounded parts.