ped·ate (p d  t )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 ped tus, past participle of pedre, to furnish with feet, from p s, 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
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| 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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