CORDATE Meaning of CORDATE in English [ 'kɔ:deɪt ]■ adjective Botany & Zoology heart-shaped.OriginC17 (in the sense 'wise'): from L. cordatus 'wise' (in mod. L. 'heart-shaped'), from cor , cord- 'heart'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004