Pedate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pedate \Ped"ate\ (p[e^]d"[asl]t), a. [L. pedatus, p. p. of
     pedare to furnish with feet, fr. pes, pedis, a foot.] (Bot.)
     Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more
     segments; -- said of a leaf. -- {Ped"ate*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pedate
       adj 1: of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft
              or divided
       2: having or resembling a foot