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stipitate

[stip-i-teyt]

adjective

having or supported by a stipe: a stipitate ovary.

Origin:
1775–85; < Neo-Latin stīpitātus, equivalent to stīpit- (stem of stīpes) stipe + -ātus -ate¹

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stipitate (ˈstɪpɪˌteɪt)

—*adj*
	botany possessing or borne on the end of a stipe

[C18: from New Latin stīpitātus having a stalk, from Latin stīpes; see stipe]

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