stellate

What it means

1. not comparableShaped like a star, having points, or rays radiating from a center.

   stellate cells

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   stellate flowers

   Exit wounds can be stellate, slit-like, crescent, circular, or completely irregular (Figure 4.23).

   1998, Vincent J. M. Di Maio, Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92

   Synonyms: stellated, stelliform

In a sentence

stellate cells

Where it comes from

1. Latinstēllātus“starry”
2. Englishstellate

Borrowed from Latin stēllātus (“starry”), from stēlla (“star”) + -ātus (“-ate”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to stell(a) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).