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Added 10 October 2026

lobate

adjective

Latin root: lobātus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about lobate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Having or resembling a lobe or lobes.
a lobate tongue
Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other.

Origin

From Latin lobātus, equivalent to lobe + -ate.

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