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pedate

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ped·ate  (pdt)
adj.
1. Resembling or functioning as a foot: pedate appendages.
2. Zoology Having feet: pedate larvae.
3. Botany Having palmately divided lobes with the lateral lobes cleft or divided: a pedate leaf.

[Latin pedtus, past participle of pedre, to furnish with feet, from ps, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

pedate [ˈpɛdeɪt]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of a plant leaf) divided into several lobes arising at a common point, the lobes often being stalked and the lateral lobes sometimes divided into smaller lobes
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology having or resembling a foot a pedate appendage
[from Latin pedātus equipped with feet, from pēs foot]
pedately  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pedate - of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided
compound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"
2.pedate - having or resembling a foot
zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals
footed - having feet; "footed creatures"; "a footed sofa"


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