Meanings
adjectivestipitate (not comparable)
- not comparablePossessing a stalk.
(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4
Origin
- Latinstīpes
- New Latinstīpitātus
- Englishstipitate
From New Latin stīpitātus, from Classical Latin stīpes + -ātus. Compare stipe.
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Polish trzonowy
- trzonowypossessing a stalk
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