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stellate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stellate \Stel"late\, Stellated \Stel"la*ted\, a. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stellate adj : arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways" [syn: {radial}]
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