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A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule.

a valve or valves; specifically (Med.), of or pertaining to the valves of the heart; as, valvular disease.

Having two valves.

Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.

Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.

Between valves.

Having many valves.

Having four valves; quadrivalve.

Having five valves, as a pericarp.

Having three valves; three-valved.

Same as Univalve, a.

Bivalvular.

owering almond, etc. Flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns (Osmunda), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places. -- Flowering plants, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from flowerless plants. -- Flowering rush, a European…

ube (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to control delivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the outer air; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence. -- Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a spring or weigh…

Valvular.

Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.