stellate
pronunciation
How to pronounce stellate in British English:
UK ['steˌleɪt]
How to pronounce stellate in American English:
US ['steˌleɪt]
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- Adjective:
- arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
Word Origin
- stellate (adj.)
- c. 1500, "starry, star-spangled," from Latin stellatus "covered with stars," past participle of stellare "to set with stars," from stella (see star (n.)). Meaning "star-shaped" is recorded from 1660s.
Example
- 1. Mature leaf blades abaxially with stellate or simple hairs .
- 2. Research progress on anti-fibrosis therapy targeted hepatic stellate cell activation .
- 3. The activated stellate cell is responsible for secreting collagen that produces a fibrous scar , which can lead to cirrhosis .
- 4. Leaf blade abaxially densely stellate tomentose .
- 5. Leaf blade sparsely stellate hairy abaxially .