What is "valvate"

Valvate \Valv"ate\, a. [L. valvatus having folding doors.]

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

2. (Bot.)

   1. Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in [ae]stivation, and of leaves in vernation.

   2. Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.

a. Having valves (that open and close)