Definition
patellate
adjective
- shaped like or having the form of a patella (kneecap); round and flat
Usage: chiefly botanical and zoological
Examples
- The patellate leaves of the water lily float on the pond's surface.
- The fungus produces patellate fruiting bodies under the microscope.
- Patellate structures are common in certain marine organisms.
- The botanist identified the patellate shape of the specimen's appendages.