pedate

American  

[ped-eyt] / ˈpɛd eɪt /

adjective

1. having a foot or feet.

2. resembling a foot.

3. having divisions like toes.

4. Botany. (of a leaf ) palmately parted or divided with the lateral lobes or divisions cleft or divided.

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pedate British  

/ ˈpɛdeɪt /

adjective

1. (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

2. zoology having or resembling a foot

   a pedate appendage

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Other Word Forms

• pedately adverb

Etymology

Origin of pedate

From the Latin word pedātus, dating back to 1745–55. See ped- ², -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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.

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Pistils 3–10, sessile, forming coriaceous many-seeded pods.—Perennial herbs, with ample palmate or pedate leaves, and large, solitary, nodding, early vernal flowers.

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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.

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The leaves are very large, pedate, dentate, and distinctly veined.

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The leaves of the root are large and pedate, the divisions wide apart and unevenly toothed; the under sides are distinctly veined with purplish-brown when in a young state.

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