stylate

American

[stahy-leyt, -lit] / ˈstaɪ leɪt, -lɪt /

adjective

Biology.

having a style.

Etymology

Origin of stylate

1865–70; < New Latin stylātus; see style, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Sty′letiform, shaped like a stylet; Stylif′erous, having a style, stylate; Sty′liform, style-shaped; Sty′lish, displaying style: fashionable: showy: pretending to style.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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