a. Nat. Hist. Obs. [f. L. cordāt-us + -ED: in earlier use than prec.] = CORDATE 3.
1715. J. Petiver, in Phil. Trans., XXIX. 243. Leaves … more rugged and cordated at the Footstalk.
1768. Pennant, Zool. (1770), IV. 8. A young bird … with transverse bars of brown on the breast instead of cordated spots.
1780. Coxe, Russ. Disc., 336. The leaves … of a roundish cordated figure.
