Definition of: valvate

(val′vāt) adjective
1. Serving as or like a valve; having a valve; valvular.
2. Bot. Touching by contiguous edges but not overlapping: applied to most dehiscent capsules in which the component parts separate like valves, to certain anthers, and to the petals or sepals of many flowers in estivation. [<L valvatus with folding doors <valva. See VALVE.]