pedate词源

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pedate

"Shaped like a foot, especially that of a bird; ( Botany ) designating or characterized by a leaf shape or venation pattern similar to a palmate or digitate arrangement, but with the lobes, leaflets, or veins not all arising from a single central point, the lateral divisions being further subdivided or fused near the base; (also) designating or characterized by the arrangement of other parts in such a pattern, with successive lateral branches arising near the base of earlier branches", Late 17th cent.; earliest use found in Francis Willughby (1635–1672), naturalist. From classical Latin pedātus having feet from ped-, pēs foot + -ātus.