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ped·ate

(pĕd′āt′)

adj.

1. Resembling or functioning as a foot: pedate appendages.

2. Botany Having palmately divided lobes with the lateral lobes cleft or divided: a pedate leaf.

[Latin pedātus, past participle of pedāre, to furnish with feet, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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pedate

(ˈpɛdeɪt)

adj

1. (Botany) (of a plant leaf) divided into several lobes arising at a common point, the lobes often being stalked and the lateral lobes sometimes divided into smaller lobes

2. (Zoology) zoology having or resembling a foot: a pedate appendage.

[C18: from Latin pedātus equipped with feet, from pēs foot]

ˈpedately adv

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ped•ate

(ˈpɛd eɪt)

adj.

1. having a foot or feet.

2. resembling a foot.

3. having divisions like toes.

4. (of a leaf) palmately parted or divided with the lateral lobes or divisions cleft or divided.

[1745–55; < Latin pedātus]

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Adj.	1.	pedate - of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided compound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"
	2.	pedate - having or resembling a foot zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals footed - having feet; "footed creatures"; "a footed sofa"