About The Word Stellate
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Stellate
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What's The Definition Of 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Stellate: radial | symmetric | symmetrical Related Terms | Find terms related to Stellate: See Also | Stellate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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