stipitate

[ stip-i-teyt ]

adjective

1. having or supported by a stipe:

   a stipitate ovary.

stipitate

/ ˈstɪpɪˌteɪt /

adjective

1. botany possessing or borne on the end of a stipe

Word History and Origins

Origin of stipitate¹

1775–85; < New Latin stīpitātus, equivalent to stīpit- (stem of stīpes ) stipe + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of stipitate¹

C18: from New Latin stīpitātus having a stalk, from Latin stīpes; see stipe

Example Sentences

It is a stipitate licea, or a lid-covered cribraria; perhaps nearer the former.

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Sporangia distinct, minute, long stipitate, opening above by a distinct lid.

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The spores are, however, constantly smaller in all the specimens we have examined, and the stipitate habit very marked.

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A very common species, very variable in form, stipitate forms occuring anon beside those which are irregular and sessile.

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Some clusters show twenty or more stipitate, globose sporangia, conjoined by their distinct but coherent stems.

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