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cordate

adjective

(L. cor, cordis: heart) Heart-shaped (in the traditional playing-card sense), with the notch at the base. With a sinus and rounded lobes at the base, the overall outline usually ovate; often restricted to the base rather than to the outline of the entire organ; e.g. Calliergon. Cf. auriculate.