peltate

American  

[pel-teyt] / ˈpɛl teɪt /

adjective

Botany.

1. having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.

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peltate British  

/ ˈpɛlteɪt /

adjective

1. (of leaves) having the stalk attached to the centre of the lower surface

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Other Word Forms

• peltately adverb
• peltation noun
• subpeltate adjective
• subpeltately adverb

Etymology

Origin of peltate

1745–55; < Latin peltātus, equivalent to pelt ( a ) small shield (< Greek péltē ) + ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Dendrochirota.—Tentacles simple or branched, never peltate; calcareous ring well developed, often bilaterally symmetrical; retractor muscles usually present; stone-canal opens internally; genital tubes in right and left tufts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

Indusium covering the sporangia, flat or flattish, scarious, orbicular and peltate at the centre, or round-kidney-shaped and fixed either centrally or by the sinus, opening all round the margin.

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

Cones globular; the scales peltate, angular, thick, firmly closed till ripe, with 2 angular seeds under each.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Embryo large; no albumen.—Petioles and peduncles all from the tuberous rootstock, the centrally peltate leaves and the flowers large.

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

Leaves almost round, peltate, palmately veined 3a, in UMBELLIFERAE, p.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan