PEDATE

pedate

(adjective) having or resembling a foot

pedate

(adjective) of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

pedate (comparative more pedate, superlative most pedate)

Having the characteristics of a foot.

(anatomy) Having feet.

(botany, of a leaf) Having deeply divided lobes.

Anagrams

• peated

Source: Wiktionary


Ped"ate, a. Etym: [L. pedatus, p.p. of pedare to furnish with feet, fr. pes, pedis, a foot.] (Bot.)

Definition: Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf.

– Ped"ate*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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