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pel·tate (p

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adj.

Having a flat circular structure attached to a stalk near the center, rather than at or near the margin; shield-shaped: the peltate leaf of the nasturtium.

[Latin pelttus, armed with a small shield, from Latin pelta, small shield, from Greek pelt; see pel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

peltately adv.

peltate

peltate leaf

peltate [ˈpɛlteɪt]

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of leaves) having the stalk attached to the centre of the lower surface

[from Latin peltātus equipped with a pelta, a small shield; see peltast]

peltately adv

peltation n

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Adj.

peltate - (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)

shield-shaped

unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

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