flabellate

American

[fluh-bel-it, -eyt] / fləˈbɛl ɪt, -eɪt /

Also flabelliform

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

being in the shape of a fan; fan-shaped.

flabellate British

/ -eɪt, fləˈbɛlɪt, fləˈbɛlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

biology shaped like a fan

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Etymology

Origin of flabellate

1810–20; < Latin flābell ( um ) fan + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Flabellate, fl�-bel′āt, adj. fan-shaped—also Flabell′iform.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 1-2 cm. thin, reniform or flabellate, reddish-grey, base downy, whitish; g. distinct, narrow, diverging, watery rufescent; sp.

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Flabellate: with long flat processes folding like a fan.

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