pedately
eɪt 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.
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pedate (ˈpɛdeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (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. | zoology having or resembling a foot: a pedate appendage |
| [C18: from Latin pedātus equipped with feet, from pēs foot] | |
| 'pedately | |
| —adv | |
| pedate (ˈpɛdeɪt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (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. | zoology having or resembling a foot: a pedate appendage |
| [C18: from Latin pedātus equipped with feet, from pēs foot] | |
| 'pedately | |
| —adv | |
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