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stipitate

stipitate adjective: possessing a stalk.

Adjective

stipitate (not comparable)

  1. Possessing a stalk.
    • (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4

Origin of stipitate

From New Latin stīpitātus, from Classical Latin stīpes + -ātus. Compare stipe.

Words formed from stipitate

Questions about stipitate

What does stipitate mean?
Stipitate means possessing a stalk.
What part of speech is stipitate?
Stipitate is an adjective.

Words near stipitate in the dictionary

  1. stipes
  2. Stipeses
  3. stiphidiid
  4. stiphidiids
  5. stipiform
  6. stipitate
  7. stipitately
  8. stipitatic acid
  9. stipites
  10. stipitiform
  11. stipitipellis

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