rostellate

American

[ros-tl-eyt, -it, ro-stel-it] / ˈrɒs tlˌeɪt, -ɪt, rɒˈstɛl ɪt /

adjective

having a rostellum.

Etymology

Origin of rostellate

1820–30; < Latin rōstell ( um ) rostellum + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Creeping, with ascending tips, the branches dichotomous-fastigiate, with claret-colored rootlets; leaves loosely imbricate, decurrent, roundish, repand-undulate; monœcious or diœcious; involucral leaves broader, appressed, one connate with the lower third of the perianth, which is somewhat exserted, obovate, plicate with acute rough angles, rostellate, at length 4-cleft; capsule round-ovate.

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