appendiculate (apendikulat)

[NL. aр pendiculatus, character of an appendage or appendages, forme ing an appendicle. Used especially in botany, being applied, instance, to leaves, organs appended to leaves, leaf-stalks, etc.: thus, the pitcher-like appen dage of the leaf of the Nepenthes distill at or i a, or pitcher plant, is said to be appendiculate. See cuts under ap pendage and ascidium. 2. Pertaining to or having the characters of the Appendiculata.