'Stellate' definitions:

Definition of 'stellate'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways" [syn: radial, stellate, radiate]

Definition of 'Stellate'

From: GCIDE
  • Stellate \Stel"late\, Stellated \Stel"la*ted\, a. [L. stellatus, p. p. of stellare to set or cover with stars, from stella a star. See Stellar.]
  • 1. Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers. [1913 Webster]

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