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peltate
[ pel-teyt ]
adjective
Botany.
- having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
peltate
/ ˈɛٱɪ /
adjective
- (of leaves) having the stalk attached to the centre of the lower surface
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Derived Forms
- ˈٲٱ, adverb
- ˈٲپDz, noun
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Other yvlogs From
- tٱ· adverb
- ·ٲtDz noun
- ܲ·tٱ adjective
- sub·tٱ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of peltate1
C18: from Latin peltٳܲ equipped with a pelta, a small shield; see peltast
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Example Sentences
May.—Flowerless stems terminated by a large round 7–9-lobed leaf, peltate in the middle like an umbrella.
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S. peltata is unique owing to its large peltate leaves, often 1 ft. to 18 in. across, with stalks 1 to 2 ft. long.
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Zamia, except that the ends of the stamens are flat, while the apices of the carpels are peltate.
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In Cycas the altered leaf, upon the margin of which the ovule is produced, and the peltate scales, from which they are pendulous in Zamia, are regarded by all botanists as carpellary leaves.
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True, its crown of peltate leaves declares the species.
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