What Does Lobed Mean?

adjective. having a lobe or lobes; lobate. Botany. (of a leaf) having lobes or divisions extending less than halfway to the middle of the base.

What does lobed mean on a leaf?

Definitions of lobed leaf. a leaf having deeply indented margins. type of: foliage, leaf, leafage. the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.

What does a lobed leaf look like?

Lobed leaves have distinct rounded or pointed projections, while unlobed leaves do not. Some lobed leaves are pinnate, meaning the lobes are located along a central axis, while others are palmate, meaning they radiate from a single point. Leaf lobes have their own veins, which connect to the midrib of the leaf.