Defn: Value. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
VALVAL; VALVAR
Valv"al, Valv"ar, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Valvular.
VALVASOR
Val"va*sor, n. (Feud. Law)
Defn: See Vavasor.
VALVATA
Val*va"ta, n. Etym: [NL.; cf. L. valvatus having folding doors. See
Valve.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.
VALVATE
Valv"ate, a. Etym: [L. valvatus having folding doors.]
1. Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.
2. (Bot.) (a) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; — said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in æstivation, and of leaves in vernation. (b) Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.