stipitate
having or supported by a stipe: a stipitate ovary.
Origin of stipitate
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How to use stipitate in a sentence
It is a stipitate licea, or a lid-covered cribraria; perhaps nearer the former.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideSporangia distinct, minute, long stipitate, opening above by a distinct lid.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideThe spores are, however, constantly smaller in all the specimens we have examined, and the stipitate habit very marked.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideA very common species, very variable in form, stipitate forms occuring anon beside those which are irregular and sessile.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideSome clusters show twenty or more stipitate, globose sporangia, conjoined by their distinct but coherent stems.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
British Dictionary definitions for stipitate
/ (ˈstɪpɪˌteɪt) /
botany possessing or borne on the end of a stipe
Origin of stipitate
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