peltate
[pel-teyt]
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adjective Botany.
having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
Origin of peltate
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Historical Examples of peltate
Thus it is proper to describe the shape of the indusium as peltate.
How to Know the FernsS. Leonard Bastin
The leaves are peltate, and in the bud are folded about the end of the petiole after the manner of an umbrella.
From this point of view, peltate leaves like those of Tropæolum or Nelumbium become very significant.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
The seed organs are curious, the stigma being foot-stalked, peltate, and placed between and above the anthers.
Anthers of irregular shape, peltate, with the borders deeply undulate.
The Medicinal Plants of the PhilippinesT. H. Pardo de Tavera
peltate
adjective
Word Origin for peltate
C18: from Latin peltātus equipped with a pelta, a small shield; see peltast
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