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Webster 1913 Edition


Stellated

{

Stel′late

,

Stel′la-ted

, }
Adj.
[L.
stellatus
, p. p. of
stellare
to set or cover with stars, from
stella
a star. See
Stellar
.]
1.
Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star.
2.
(Bot.)
Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center;
as,
stellate
flowers
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stellated

STELLATE

, STELLATED,
Adj.
[L.]
1.
Resembling a star; radiated.
2.
In botany, stellate or verticillate leaves are when more leaves than two surround the stem in a whorl, or when they radiate like the spokes of a wheel, or like a star. A stellate bristle is when a little star of smaller hairs is affixed to the end applied also to the stigma. A stellate flower is a radiate flower.

Definition 2024


stellated

stellated

English

Adjective

stellated (comparative more stellated, superlative most stellated)

  1. star-shaped; stellate
  2. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, having its edges of planes extended to form a new shape.