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stellular, a.|ˈstɛljʊlə(r)|
[f. late L. stellula, dim. of stella star + -ar.]
Having the form of a small star or small stars.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 169 Fracture coarse,..but commonly stellular. 1805–17Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 238 Stellular diverging, when the fibres diverge in all directions, like the radii of a circle, as in brown hematite. 1833Mantell Wonders Geol. (1838) II. 477 The Red Coral..consists of a bright red, stony axis, invested with a..gelatinous substance..which is studded over with stellular polypi. 1857A. Gray First Less. Bot. 232 Stellate, stellular, starry or star-like. 1885Harper's Mag. Dec. 141/2 Here and there an isolated stellular light illumined the snow.
Hence ˈstellularly adv.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 278 Acicular prisms, concentrically or stellularly arranged. 1821Jameson Man. Min. 5 Crystals, which are scopiformly or stellularly aggregated. |