Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Fan-shaped.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany and zoology, flabelliform; fan-shaped—that is, in the form of a broad segment of a circle, and usually also plaited like a fan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Flabelliform.
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- adjective botany, zoology
Fan -shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin flābellum, fan; see flabellum + –ate.]
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From Latin flabellum + -ate.
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reesetee commented on the word flabellate
I love this word.
November 14, 2007