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Definition of pedate - 2 dictionary results

ped⋅ate

  [ped-eyt]
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–adjective
1. having a foot or feet.
2. resembling a foot.
3. having divisions like toes.
4. Botany. (of a leaf) palmately parted or divided with the lateral lobes or divisions cleft or divided.
Origin:
1745–55; < L pedātus. See ped- 2 , -ate 1

Related forms:
ped⋅ate⋅ly, adverb
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ped·ate   (pěd'āt')   
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 pedātus, past participle of pedāre, to furnish with feet, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
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