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Webster 1913 Edition

Pedate

Ped′ate

(pĕd′ā̍t)
,
Adj.
[L.
pedatus
, p. p. of
pedare
to furnish with feet, fr.
pes
,
pedis
, a foot.]
(Bot.)
Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; – said of a leaf.
–
Ped′ate-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pedate

PED'ATE

,
Adj.
[L. pedatus, from pes, the foot.] In botany, divided like the toes. A pedate leaf is one in which a bifid petiole connects several leaflets on the inside only.

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