Definition of valvate

• a. - Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.
• a. - Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.
• a. - Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.