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pel·tate  (pltt) 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

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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