01 a. Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.
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Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.
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Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.(Bot.)