/val"vayt/ , adj.
1. furnished with or opening by a valve or valves.
2. serving as or resembling a valve.
3. Bot.
a. opening by valves, as certain capsules and anthers.
b. meeting without overlapping, as the parts of certain buds.
c. composed of or characterized by such parts.
[ 1820-30; valvatus with folding doors. See VALVE, -ATE 1 ]