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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of pedate
From the Latin word pedātus, dating back to 1745–55. See ped- 2, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The leaves are very large, pedate, dentate, and distinctly veined.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood
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 flowers are produced on forked stems, and are accompanied by finely-cut floral leaves, nearly sessile and palmate; the radical leaves are large, pedate, downy underneath, having long stalks, and remaining green throughout winter.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood
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 John Wood
The root leaves are very smooth and pedate.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood
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