stellate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stellate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stellate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stellate adj 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" Synonym(s): radial, stellate, radiate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stellate \Stel"late\, Stellated \Stel"lated\, 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. 2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate* flowers.