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pandurate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

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Sep. 30, 2014

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\PAN-duh-reyt, -der-it, -dyuh-reyt, -dyer-it\
adjective
1. shaped like a fiddle, as a leaf.
Quotes
Its large, fleshy, tuberous root, often 2 feet long, produces several round, purplish, trailing or somewhat climbing stems bearing alternate, broad-ovate and cordate or sometimes fiddle-shaped (pandurate) leaves.
-- John Lust, The Herb Book, 1974
Origin
Pandurate comes from the Latin pandūra, a three-stringed musical instrument popular in ancient times.
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