lobata

pl. [Neut. pl. of Mod. Lat. lobatus = lobed.] Zool .: A sub-order of Hydrozoa, order Ctenophora. lō bāte, lō-bat-ěd, lõbed, a. [Mod. Lat. lob a tus divided into segments.] Bot .: Partly divided into a determinate number of segments. Thus, a leaf may be bilobate=two lobed, trilobed=three-lobed, and palmate-lobed = five-lobed, like the human hand.