pedate
Americanadjective
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having a foot or feet.
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resembling a foot.
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having divisions like toes.
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Botany. (of a leaf ) palmately parted or divided with the lateral lobes or divisions cleft or divided.
adjective
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(of a plant leaf) divided into several lobes arising at a common point, the lobes often being stalked and the lateral lobes sometimes divided into smaller lobes
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zoology having or resembling a foot
a pedate appendage
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Origin of pedate
From the Latin word pedātus, dating back to 1745–55. See ped- 2, -ate 1
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The leaves spring from the top of the root-stock, and are smooth, distinctly pedate, dark-green above, and lighter below, with 7 to 9 segments and long petioles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
The leaves are radical, having stout, round stalks; they are large and pedate in shape, stout, and of leathery substance.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John
Pedat′ifid, divided in a pedate manner, but having the divisions connected at the base.—Combination pedal, a metal pedal in organs controlling several stops at once.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Pistils 3–10, sessile, forming coriaceous many-seeded pods.—Perennial herbs, with ample palmate or pedate leaves, and large, solitary, nodding, early vernal flowers.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
The foliage is smaller than that of most kinds; the leaves are radical, rather short-stalked, pedate, and divisions narrow; they are of a leathery substance and a dark green colour.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John
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