Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stellate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stellate \Stel"late\, Stellated \Stel"la*ted\, a. [L. stellatus,
p. p. of stellare to set or cover with stars, from stella a
star. See {Stellar}.]
1. Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of
a star.
2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a
common center; as, stellate flowers.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stellate
adj : arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center;
"radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement
of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main
highways" [syn: {radial}]
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