Lyrate \Ly"rate\, Lyrated \Ly"ra*ted\, a. [NL. lyratus. See {Lyre}.] 1. (Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.
lyrate adj : of a leaf shape; having curvature suggestive of a lyre