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Meaning of STELLATE

Pronunciation:  'stelit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [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"
 
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 Synonyms: radial, symmetric, symmetrical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Star-shaped; consisting of star-shaped cells.
 

 

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