rostellate

[ ros-tl-eyt, -it, ro-stel-it ]

adjective

1. having a rostellum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rostellate¹

1820–30; < Latin rōstell ( um ) rostellum + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Moggridge figures a flower of Ophrys insectifera in which the rostellate process was replaced by an anther.

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