Chiefly Nat. Hist. [ad. L. lūnātus, f. lūna moon: see -ATE2.] Crescent-shaped, crescentiform.

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1777.  S. Robson, Brit. Flora, 11. Lunate, subrotund.

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1806.  J. Galpine, Brit. Bot., 329. Stipulæ lunate, toothed.

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1828.  Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 174. Eyes linear, almost lunate.

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1848.  Dalyell, Rare Anim. Scotl., II. 88. The lunate hydræ of Scotland falling within the sphere of my observation, are of three distinct genera.

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1870.  Bentley, Man. Bot., 161. When a leaf is reniform but with the lobes at the base of the lamina pointed, it is lunate or crescent-shaped.

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