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Definition of Pedate

1. Adjective. Of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided.

Definition of Pedate

1. a. Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf.

Definition of Pedate

1. Adjective. having the characteristics of a foot ¹

2. Adjective. (anatomy) having feet ¹

3. Adjective. (botany) (''of a leaf'') having deeply divided lobes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pedate

1. resembling a foot [adj] : PEDATELY [adv] - See also: foot

Medical Definition of Pedate

1. Of a palmate or palmately-lobed leaf, having the lateral segments divided again. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedate

Literary usage of Pedate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"The hellebores are all hardy herbaceous perennials, with compound leaves, digitate, pedate, palmate, or ter- nate ; the flowers have only a single cover ..."

2. The British Flower Garden: Containing Coloured Figures and Descriptions of ...by Robert Sweet by Robert Sweet (1838)
"Leaves pedate, many parted : segments linearly lanceolate or slightly wedge-shaped, entire or toothed near the point, attenuated to the base, ..."

3. Manual of the Botany (Phaenogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"... some pedate, having narrowly 2 to 3-cleft lateral lobes or divisions ; some more coarsely 3 to 5-¡>arted, ..."

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