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pedate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective pedate has 2 senses
CIDE DICTIONARY
pedate, a. [L. pedatus, p. p. of pedare to furnish with feet, fr. pes, pedis, a foot.].
Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pedate, adj.
1 Zool. having feet.
2 Bot. (of a leaf) having divisions like toes or a bird's claws.
1 Zool. having feet.
2 Bot. (of a leaf) having divisions like toes or a bird's claws.
Etymology
L pedatus f. pes pedis foot
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