peltateadj.1
/ˈpɛlteɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɛlˌteɪt/ Botany and Zoology.
Of a leaf: having the petiole joined to the (often more or less circular) blade at or near the middle rather than at the margin. Of other structures: having a similar mode of attachment.
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peltated1753
peltate1760
scutate1836
thyroid1900
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. vii. 186 Peltate, Shield-fashioned, when the Petiole is inserted into the Disk of the Leaf, and not into its Base or Margin.
1795 J. Berkenhout Synopsis Nat. Hist. Great Brit. II. 302 Equisetum. Fructifications terminal, peltate, orbicular.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 10 Herbs, with peltate or cordate fleshy leaves.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 865 The large peltate plates on either side of the body posteriorly.
1895 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 463/2 The peltate leaves of the May-apple spread their umbrella-shaped lobes, and the little girls gather them..for dolls' parasols.
1926 J. Hutchinson Families Flowering Plants 96 Nymphaceae. Aquatic herbs with peltate or cordate often floating leaves on long petioles.
1932 Times 12 Mar. 15/6 In some of the larger-leaved saxifrages..the peltate and palmate leaves alone make the plants worth having.
1960 K. Esau Anat. Seed Plants vii. 74 Trichomes are classified into morphological categories. Some of these categories are:..(2) scales, or peltate hairs.
1990 Plants & Gardens Autumn 57/3 Also in shallow water was an interesting buttercup, Ranunculus bauerii. It has thick, fleshy peltate leaves.
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peltateadj.2
/ˈpɛlteɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɛlˌteɪt/ Chiefly Archaeology.
Shaped like a pelta (pelta n. 1a).
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1924 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 44 203 Part of a warrior with a peltate shield stands on a curved prow of a ship, holding a spear.
1976 Britannia 7 285 Three or four rectangular apertures to either side of which occur peltate or kidney-shaped cut-outs.
1995 M. Henig Art Rom. Brit. 50/2 Peltate dedication slabs from Corbridge, Shirva in Dunbartonshire and Castell Collen in Wales have a richness and monumental grandeur which the Antonine Wall memorials lack.
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