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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespédate
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /pe.dat/
"La feuille de cette plante est pédate."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having a foot or feet; shaped like a bird's foot.
"The specimen displayed a distinct pedate structure." - 2
In botany, describing a palmately divided leaf with the lateral lobes further divided.
"The helleborus plant is known for its deeply divided pedate leaves."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'pedatus', meaning 'provided with feet' or 'foot-shaped', from 'pes' (foot). The term entered scientific English in the 19th century primarily as a botanical descriptor for leaves shaped like a bird's foot.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pedate" is said worldwide
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pédate
Transliteration: /pe.dat/
"La feuille de cette plante est pédate."
fußförmig
Transliteration: /ˈfuːsˌfœʁmɪç/
"Das Blatt hat eine fußförmige Gestalt."
pedato
Transliteration: /peˈda.to/
"La foglia mostra una nervatura di tipo pedato."
pedado
Transliteration: /peˈða.ðo/
"La hoja presenta una forma pedada característica."
pedado
Transliteration: /peˈda.du/
"A folha pedada possui divisões distinctas."
पाद-आकार
Transliteration: paad-aakaar
"इस पौधे की पत्तियाँ पाद-आकार की होती हैं।"
鸟足状的
Transliteration: niǎozú zhuàng de
"这种植物具有鸟足状的叶子。"
족상
Transliteration: joksang
"이 식물의 잎은 조상 모양을 띱니다."
鳥足状の
Transliteration: torisokujō no
"この植物の葉は鳥足状をしています。"
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