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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center;
- Example: "radial symmetry"
- Example: "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"
- Example: "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"
[syn: radial, stellate, radiate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stellate \Stel"late\, Stellated \Stel"la*ted\, 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a
      common center; as, stellate flowers.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stellate
    adj 1: 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" [syn: radial, stellate,
           radiate]