Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Peltated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peltate \Pel"tate\, Peltated \Pel"ta*ted\, a. [Cf. F. pelt['e].
See {Pelta}.]
Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support
attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or
margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ. -- {Pel"tate*ly},
adv.
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