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peltate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  peltate 
  adj  :  of  a  leaf  shape;  round,  with  the  stem  attached  near  the 
  center  of  the  lower  surface  rather  than  the  margin,  as 
  a  nasturtium  leaf  e.g.  [syn:  {shield-shaped}] 




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