Meaning of PEDATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pedeyt
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- [adj] (zoology) having or resembling a foot
- [adj] of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided
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| | Synonyms: | | compound, footed |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ped"ate\, a. [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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Of a palmate or palmately-lobed leaf, having the lateral segments divided again. |
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