stipitate

English

Etymology

An adaptation of the New Latin stīpitātus, from the Classical Latin stīpes (stem: stīpit-) + -ātus. Compare stipe.

Adjective

stipitate (not comparable)

  1. Possessing a stalk.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 4:
      (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.

Translations


Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /stiː.piˈtaː.te/, [stiː.pɪˈtaː.tɛ]

Adjective

stīpitāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of stīpitātus
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