stellate
adjective
like the form of a conventionalized figure of a star; star-shaped.
stellated
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a variation of
stellate.
Example Sentences
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They are monopetalous, small, white, stellated in six points.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden
The short connecting ribs of the vaulting form a stellated cross over the presbytery.
From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Rev. Thomas Perkins
We give an illustration of one example; the second is of the same design, but with a very rich stellated background, and the motto, “A l’aventure, tout vient a point qui peut attendre.”
From Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography by W. (William) Roberts
Nearer to the land, we observe similar grass-like leaves, but with little yellow stellated flowers: these belong to the order of Schollera graminea.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator by Various
The stomach showed clusters of bright red and brownish-red spots, in stellated and other regular figures extending along the smaller curvature.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
