exstipulate

[ eks-stip-yoo-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. having no stipules.

exstipulate

/ -ˌleɪt; ɛkˈstɪpjʊlɪt /

adjective

1. (of a flowering plant) having no stipules

Word History and Origins

Origin of exstipulate¹

First recorded in 1785–95; ex- ¹ + stipule + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Pod short, splitting into as many or twice as many valves as there are styles, few–many-seeded.—Low, usually tufted herbs, with sessile exstipulate leaves and small white flowers.

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The members of this genus are shrubs or small trees having alternate, exstipulate leaves, and flowers with three small sepals, six petals arranged in a double row and numerous stamens.

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Shrubs or low trees with alternate, simple, exstipulate, ovate, serrulate leaves, soft downy beneath.

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Trees with deciduous, alternate, exstipulate, usually entire leaves, mostly acute at both ends.

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Slender trees with very hard wood, brownish, furrowed bark, and deciduous, alternate, simple, exstipulate, straight-veined leaves.

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