valvate

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having or resembling valves (that open and close).
2. adjective Meeting at the edges without overlapping.

   flowers with valvate petals

Similar words

aestivation valvated open ventilable ventilatable ventilative ventable openable valenced closeable

Often followed by

in or aestivation dehiscence petals scales lobes calyx and