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Webster 1913 Edition


Stipitate

Stip′i-tate

,
Adj.
[NL.
stipitatus
, from L.
stipes
, gen.
stipitis
, a stock. See
Stipe
.]
(Bot.)
Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stipitate

STIPITATE

,
Adj.
[See Stipe.] In botany, supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe; as pappus or down.

Definition 2024


stipitate

stipitate

English

Adjective

stipitate (comparative more stipitate, superlative most stipitate)

  1. Possessing a stalk.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4
      (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.

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Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /stiː.piˈtaː.te/, [stiː.pɪˈtaː.tɛ]

Adjective

stīpitāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of stīpitātus