ˈheart-shaped, a.
Having the shape of a heart, especially the conventional form (heart 23); cordate.
| 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Gloss. 408 Cordatum folium, the Heart-shaped Leaf. 1824 Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 100 Heart-shaped and triply folded, and its root Creeping like beaded coral. 1866 C. M. Yonge Dove in Eagle's Nest i. (1880) 2 The heart-shaped shepherd's purse. |